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Samahan ng Optometrists sa Pilipinas vs. Acebedo International Corporation

SAMAHAN NG OPTOMETRISTS SA PILIPINAS, ILOCOS SUR-ABRA CHAPTER, EDUARDO MA. GUIRNALDA, DANTE G. PACQUING and OCTAVIO A. DE PERALTA, petitioners, vs. ACEBEDO INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION and the HON. COURT OF APPEALS, respondents.

G.R. No. 117097 | 1997-03-21

D E C I S I O N

HERMOSISIMA, JR., J.:

Before us is a petition seeking the review and ultimately the reversal of the decision 1 of the Court of Appeals 2 which rejected what petitioners vehemently claim to be a prohibition, under Republic Act (R.A.) No. 1998, popularly known as the old Optometry Law, against the employment by corporations, usually optical shops and eyeware stores, of optometrists, such practice, according to petitioners, being an indirect violation of the rule against corporations exercising professions reserved only to natural persons. Petitioners understandably did not welcome the herein assailed decision because they have,...