In Trinity Marine Products V

In Trinity Marine Products v.Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao Trinity Marine turned away OSHA compliance officers who had come to conduct an inspection.OSHA obtained an administrative warrant and came back with federal marshals.Trinity officials allowed the search under protest and later filed suit alleging that the warrant had been obtained without probable cause.The court held that:

A) the probable cause standards for administrative warrants were the same as criminal warrants and the criminal standard had been met in this case which allowed for a reasonable use of force in executing the warrant.
B) the probable cause standards for administrative warrants is lower than for criminal warrants and the warrant could be executed using a reasonable degree of force.
C) the probable cause standard for administrative warrants is lower than for criminal warrants but cannot be executed with any degree of force.
D) the probable cause standard for administrative warrants is the same as for criminal warrants but that standard had not be met in these circumstances