Legal Opinion
Pearle Optical of Monroeville, Inc. v. State Board of Examiners in Optometry
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided October 10, 1963No. 22109PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Quillian, Justice.
The issue as to whether the General Assembly was authorized in the exercise of the State’s police power to create the Georgia State Board of Examiners in Optometry and clothe that body with power to control the practice of optometry within the State and to formulate rules and regula.tions designed to effectuate this aim depends upon whether optometry is a learned profession vitally affecting the public health. Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. v. City of Goldsboro, 232 US 548, 558 (34 SC 364, 58 LE 721); McNaughton v. Johnson, 242 US 344 (37 SC 178, 61 LE 352); Holcomb v. Johnston,…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- A. L. A. Schechter Poultry Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Panama Refining Co. v. RyanSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. City of GoldsboroSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- Union Dry Goods Co. v. Georgia Public Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Abelson's, Inc. v. New Jersey State Board of OptometristsSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1950
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3Cited by30 opinions
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- Wall v. American Optometric Association, Inc.District Court, N.D. Georgia · 1974
- City of Calhoun v. North Georgia Electric Membership Corp.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1975
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