Wilhelm Reich et al. v. United States, 239 F.2d 134, decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 1956, is the court's own ruling in the legal proceedings against Wilhelm Reich over his orgone accumulator devices and the Food and Drug Administration's injunction against them. As the court's own primary ruling, it is fully authoritative for what the court actually held and why, which is the fact cited here. It settles the legal question before the court; it is not a scientific assessment of Reich's orgone energy claims themselves, which mainstream science has found no support for on other grounds.
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Wilhelm Reich et al. v. United States, 239 F.2d 134, decided by the United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit in 1956, the top tier reflecting the court's own primary ruling in the proceedings against Wilhelm Reich over his orgone accumulator devices and the FDA's injunction against them, fully authoritative for what the court actually held and why. It settles the legal question before the court; it is not a scientific assessment of Reich's orgone energy claims themselves, which mainstream science has found no support for on other grounds. NotesThe United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit's own ruling in Wilhelm Reich et al. v. United States (1956); the court's ruling on the legal claim before it, not a historical or scientific account of the underlying dispute.
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AuthorUnited States Court of Appeals, First Circuit
PublisherJustia
Publication Year1956
Decided 11 December 1956, per Justia and Leagle case records; some case-index titles show "1957" as a reporter-volume artifact, not the decision date. URLhttps://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/239/134/108394/
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