Trudeau v. Federal Trade Commission, 456 F.3d 178 (D.C. Cir. 2006)

D.C. Circuit opinion dismissing Kevin Trudeau's own suit against the FTC, in which he argued the agency's September 2004 press release about their settlement mischaracterized it and violated his First Amendment rights; the court held he had no viable claim. The opinion recounts the underlying enforcement history the case relies on: in June 2003 the FTC filed a complaint in the Northern District of Illinois alleging Trudeau's marketing of Coral Calcium Supreme and Biotape was false and misleading, and that he had violated a 1998 court order barring unsubstantiated product claims; on 1 July 2003 the parties agreed to a stipulated preliminary injunction; and on 29 June 2004 the court held Trudeau in contempt for continuing to advertise Coral Calcium Supreme, ordering him to halt all such marketing. Also documents the Biotape mechanism claim as described in the record: a "space age mylar" that "connects the broken circuits" in the body. Case name, citation, court, and holding cross-confirmed via CourtListener search metadata and EXA-assisted discovery of the Scholar case text (2026-07-10).