Del Hayes & Sons, Inc. v. Mitchell

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating court has inherent power to sua sponte summarily dispose of case in which no genuine issue of material fact exists
• “Promissory estoppel is the name applied to a contract implied in law where no contract exists in fact.”
• “[E]quitable estoppel is akin to fraud. It does require a representation or concealment of material facts.”
• promissory estoppel may be used to remove an oral contract from the statute of frauds
• promissory estoppel may be used to remove an oral contract from the statute of frauds
• “Promissory estoppel is the name applied to a contract implied in law where no contract exists in fact”, and thus doctrine is wholly inapplicable in situations where an actual contract exists

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).