· 6/7/1988
LaBarge v. Chief Admin. Justice of the Trial Court
Citations
- 524 N.E.2d 59
- 402 Mass. 462
- 1988 Mass. LEXIS 156
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- “the doctrine of estoppel is not applied against the government in the exercise of its public duties”
- not applying estoppel against Chief Administrative Judge of the Trial Court where doing so would defeat public interest in maintaining impartiality and integrity of offices of trial court
- not applying estoppel against Chief Administrative Justice of the Trial Court where doing so would defeat public interest in maintaining impartiality and integrity of offices of trial court
- “Generally, the doctrine of estoppel Is not applied against the government In the exercise of its public duties . . . [and] is not applied to government acts where to do so would frustrate a policy intended to protect the public interest.”
Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).
Judges: Hennessey, Wilkins, Liacos, Abrams, O'Connor
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