Delaware Optometric Ass'n v. Sherwood

Marvel, Vice Chancellor:

Plaintiffs seek a permanent injunction against those activities of defendants which have to do with the fitting of contact lenses to the human eye. They contend that defendants are practicing1 optometry as that profession or occupation is defined in Chapter 21 of Title 24, Del.Ch,2 Plaintiffs concede that §2117 of Title 24 permits defendants to fill prescriptions for conventional spectacles or eyeglasses, but charge that in fitting so-called contact *509lenses to the human eye, defendants, who are admittedly not licensed to practice optometry, are encroaching on a field…