· 11/9/1970
City of Long Beach v. Mansell
Citations
- 476 P.2d 423
- 3 Cal. 3d 462
- 91 Cal. Rptr. 23
- 1970 Cal. LEXIS 224
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “Reclamation with or without prior authorization from the state does not ipso facto terminate the public trust ... ”
- “[A]n estoppel will not be applied against the government if to do so would effectively nullify a strong rule.of policy, adopted for the benefit of the public.”
- equitable estoppel means that one who has caused another to rely on his words or actions “shall not subject such person to loss or injury by disappointing the expectations upon which he acted”
- both cases citing City of Los Angeles v. Anderson as controlling
- both cases citing City of Los Angeles v. Anderson as controlling
- Estoppel against the government is appropriate only where “the injustice which would result from a failure to uphold an estoppel is of sufficient dimension to justify any effect upon public interest or policy which would result from the raising of an estoppel.”
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Judges: Sullivan
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