Legal Opinion

Pierce v. Alabama Board of Optometry

District Court, M.D. Alabama

Decided March 2, 1993No. Civ. A. No. 87-T-867-NPublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, Chief Judge.

In this lawsuit, plaintiff John R. Pierce claims that the Alabama Board of Optometry’s refusal to issue him an optometry license violates various rights he has under the United States Constitution — in particular, the rights conferred by the due process clause, the equal protection clause, and the privileges and immunities clause of the fourteenth amendment.1 Pierce has brought this lawsuit based on 42 U.S.C.A. § 1983 and has invoked the court’s jurisdiction based on 28 U.S.C.A. § 1343. He has named the Optometry Board and its members as…

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