It shall be unlawful for any person to disseminate, or cause to be disseminated, any false advertisement concerning seed, by the United States mails, or in interstate or foreign commerce, in any manner or by any means, including radio broadcasts: Provided, however, That no person, advertising agency, or medium for the dissemination of advertising, except the person who transported, delivered for transportation, sold, or offered for sale seed to which the false advertisement relates, shall be liable under this section by reason of disseminating or causing to be disseminated any false advertisement, unless he or it has refused, on the request of the Secretary of Agriculture, to furnish the Secretary the name and post-office address of the person, or advertising agency, residing in the United States, who caused, directly or indirectly, the dissemination of such advertisement.
Notes of Decisions
Manual Enter., Inc. v. Day, 370 U.S. 478 (1962).
· cites it 2× “§ 618 (foreign agents' propaganda advocating violent disorder in any other American republic); compare 7 U. S. C. § 1575 (false advertising of seed); 15 U.”
Ren-Dan Farms, Inc. v. Monsanto Co., 952 F. Supp. 370 (W.D. La. 1997).
· cites it 3× “First, defendants contend that there is a federal question as this is a civil action “arising under” the Federal Seed Act, 7 U.S.C. § 1575 . 28 U.S.C. § 1331 . Second, defendants contend that there is total diversity of citizenship between the parties.”
United States v. Dunn, 55 F. Supp. 535 (S.D.N.Y. 1944).
“The defendant is charged by information in three counts with violation of Section 205 of the Federal Seed Act, 7 U.S. C.A. § 1575, and more particularly with disseminating and causing to be disseminated a false advertisement representing seed for sale as “Dwarf Essex Type Rape…”
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