Wiser v. Montana Board of Dentistry

¶1 Lee Wiser and Charles Conlan appeal from the Order of the First Judicial District Court, Lewis and Clark County, granting summary judgment to the Montana Board of Dentistry (BOD) on res judicata grounds. We affirm.

¶2 Did the District Court err in concluding that Appellants’ claims against BOD were barred by res judicata?

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

¶3 Appellants/Plaintiffs Wiser and Conlan are licensed denturists. BOD is responsible for regulating the practice of denturitry. These parties appeared before this Court in Wiser v. State (Wiser I), 2006 MT 20, 331 Mont. 28, 129 P.3d 133. In…