Poirier v. Board of Dental Examiners

OPINION

By the Court,

Zenoff, D. J.:

In Poirier v. Board of Dental Examiners, 78 Nev. 232, 370 P.2d 960, this court upheld the validity of a permanent injunction enjoining H. M. Poirier from advertising that he can or will perform certain acts which constituted the practice of dentistry. After a hearing duly noticed, the district court found Poirier guilty of contempt for violations of the injunction, which were committed after the determination by this court. He was sentenced to serve five days in the Washoe County jail and fined $500.00.

Poirier appealed from the contempt order and the passage…