Ritholz v. Arkansas State Board of Optometry

The appeal is from a decree enjoining B. D. Ritholz and others 1 from practicing optometry through the services of licensed physicians or optometrists, or otherwise, and from continuing the character of advertising shown to have been engaged in, and from violating any of the provisions of Act 94 of 1941.

Ritholz and his associates represent themselves to be operators of the largest chain of optical stores, in America. Their principal place of business is in Chicago. Prior to July, 1940, they had employed a physician whose compensation was $40 per week. None in the Ritholz partnership was a…