optometrist
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 348 U.S. 483 - Williamson v. Lee Optical of Oklahoma, Inc. · 1955Most cited · 6,192 citing opinions
Examines eyes for refractive error, recognizes (but does not treat) diseases of the eye, and fills prescriptions for eyeglasses.
How often courts cite the case defining “optometrist”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “optometrist” — 6,160 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.