Browne v. Stanley

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• setting forth the elements required to establish equitable estoppel in the Virgin Islands
• “A party seeking a permanent equitable interest in land must demonstrate substantial detriment.”
• In the Virgin Islands, equitable estoppel requires an asserting party to “demonstrate that (1) the party to be estopped made a material misrepresentation (2) that induced reasonable reliance by the asserting party and (3) resulted in the asserting party’s detriment”

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Cited by

2 cases in this archive cite this case.

• Gerald v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co.
  Superior Court of The Virgin Islands· 2017-07-05· cited 5×
• Firstbank v. Harthman
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2025-08-29· cited 1×

Cites

113 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Heckler v. Community Health Services of Crawford County, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-05-21· cited 1,449×
• Johnson & Higgins of Texas, Inc. v. Kenneco Energy, Inc.
  Texas Supreme Court· 1998-01-16· cited 1,112×
• Anthony D'agostino v. Ricardo Maldonado (068940)
  Supreme Court of New Jersey· 2013-10-03· cited 298×
• Major League Baseball v. Morsani
  Supreme Court of Florida· 2001-07-12· cited 251×
• Robinson v. City of Seattle
  Washington Supreme Court· 1992-05-14· cited 232×
• Kitchen v. Kitchen
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2002-04-02· cited 202×
• St. Thomas-St. John Board of Elections v. Daniel
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2007-09-17· cited 196×
• Bryan M. v. Anne B.
  Nebraska Supreme Court· 2016-02-12· cited 184×
• McDonald v. Farm Bureau Insurance
  Michigan Supreme Court· 2008-04-23· cited 171×
• Banks v. International Rental & Leasing Corp.
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2011-12-15· cited 162×
• Vera v. McHugh
  First Circuit· 2010-10-06· cited 134×
• Continental Potash, Inc. v. Freeport-McMoran, Inc.
  New Mexico Supreme Court· 1993-08-10· cited 125×
• E.F.S. Ventures Corp. v. Foster
  New York Court of Appeals· 1988-02-09· cited 115×
• Lobato v. Taylor
  Supreme Court of Colorado· 2002-06-24· cited 107×
• Colonial Imports, Inc. v. Carlton Northwest, Inc.
  Washington Supreme Court· 1993-06-24· cited 100×
• Barnes v. United States
  Tenth Circuit· 2015-01-21· cited 95×
• Huggins v. Castle Estates Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1975-04-03· cited 94×
• Government of the Virgin Islands v. Connor
  Supreme Court of The Virgin Islands· 2014-02-24· cited 92×
• Thatcher's Drug Store of West Goshen, Inc. v. Consolidated Supermarkets, Inc.
  Supreme Court of Pennsylvania· 1994-01-13· cited 83×
• People v. Castillo
  California Supreme Court· 2010-05-24· cited 83×

Other cases named Browne v. Stanley

1 other CourtListener record shares this case name.

• Browne v. Stanley
  Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York· 2000-12-11