United States Ninth Circuit
Nat'l Assoc. of Optometrists & Opticians v. Brown, 07-15050
In a dormant Commerce Clause challenge to state laws preventing opticians from having specified business relationships with or offering services in the same locations as licensed optometrists and ophthalmologists, summary judgment for Plaintiffs is reversed where the laws did not discriminate between similarly situated medical professionals.
Appellate Information
- Argued 07/16/2008
- Decided 05/28/2009
- Published 05/28/2009
Judges
- HUG, Circuit Judge:, Before: PROCTER HUG, JR., RICHARD A. PAEZ, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Ninth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Jennifer L. Weck, Deputy Attorney General, San Diego, CA, for the appellants.
- For Appellees:
- Lori A. Schechter, Morrison & Foerster, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for the appellees.