Harrington v. Fall River Housing Authority

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• stating that estoppel is an equitable doctrine created to prevent one from benefiting from his own wrongdoing and to avoid injustice
• stating that “(e]stoppel is an equitable doctrine created to prevent one from benefitting from his own wrongdoing and to avoid injustice”). Equitable estoppel is appropriate when (1) a party makes a false representation; (2
• finding no justifiable reliance as a matter of law when landlord relied on oral information from housing authority staff that differed from the applicable federal regulations
• equitable estoppel principles not generally applicable against government, and plaintiffs failed to make out traditional elements of equitable estoppel against defendant housing authority in any event
• equitable estoppel principles not generally applicable against government, and plaintiffs failed to make out traditional elements of equitable estoppel against defendant housing authority in any event
• \Estoppel is an equitable doctrine created to prevent one from benefiting from his own wrongdoing and to avoid injustice.\ (citations omitted)

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