WALL v. AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION, INC.

Civ. A. Nos. 16414, 18680.

379 F.Supp. 175 (1974)

R. C. WALL, O. D., et al., Plaintiffs, v. The AMERICAN OPTOMETRIC ASSOCIATION, INC., an Ohio corporation, et al., Defendants. Earnest Earl JUSTICE, Jr., O. D., Plaintiff, v. The GEORGIA STATE BOARD OF EXAMINERS IN OPTOMETRY et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N. D. Georgia, Atlanta Division.

Judgment Affirmed October 21, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gambrell, Russell, Killorin, Wade & Forbes, Haas, Holland, Levison & Gibert, Lanier & Elliott, Atlanta, Ga., for plaintiffs.

Arthur K. Bolton, Atty. Gen., Atlanta, Ga., for State Bd. of Examiners in Optometry.

Troutman, Sanders, Lockerman & Ashmore, Atlanta, Ga., for Ga. Optometric Ass'n, Inc. and its officers.

Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Atlanta, Ga., for American Optometric Assn.

Lavender & Cunningham, Elberton, Ga., for defendants.

Before MORGAN, Circuit Judge, and SMITH and HENDERSON, District Judges.


Judgment Affirmed October 21, 1974. See 95 S.Ct. 166.

LEWIS R. MORGAN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs in two cases in this court have attacked the validity of rules promulgated by the Georgia State Board of Examiners in Optometry. The cases have been combined in order that a three-judge district court convened pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2281 could consider the common constitutional issues of the cases. Finding that this court has jurisdiction to consider the...

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