SILVER v. LANSBURGH & BRO.

No. 7507.

111 F.2d 518 (1940)

SILVER v. LANSBURGH & BRO. et al.

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided March 25, 1940.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin A. Swingle and Ernest A. Swingle, both of Washington, D. C., for appellants.

Simon Lyon, R. B. H. Lyon, and Richard K. Lyon, all of Washington, D. C., and Robert Rosenberg, of Harrisburg, Pa., for appellees.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and EDGERTON and RUTLEDGE, Associate Justices.


GRONER, C. J.

The one question for decision is whether a corporation in the District of Columbia may lawfully employ a licensed practitioner of optometry to perform optometrical services for those to whom the corporation offers such services.

Appellants are licensed and registered optometrists. They brought this suit in behalf of themselves and others similarly situated against appellees, Lansburgh & Bro., a corporation conducting a large department store...

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