California Pacific Bank, a California Banking Corporation v. Small Business Administration, an Agency of the United States Government

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• no estoppel based upon implications drawn from government silences and failure to respond to illegality
• party cannot be estopped from raising defense of illegality in a contract action, and the court is duty bound to raise the issue sua sponte

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