Merex A.G. Merex Corporation and Peter C. Lachmann v. Fairchild Weston Systems, Inc.

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• stating that the detrimental reliance aspect of promissory estoppel may have a \legal root\ in assumpsit but that the doctrine of promissory estoppel as a whole \is a direct descendent of equitable estoppel\
• stating that the detrimental reliance aspect of promissory estoppel may have a “legal root” in assumpsit but that the doctrine of promissory estoppel as a whole “is a direct descendent of equitable estoppel”
• comparing promissory estoppel under Restatement (Second) of Contracts §§ 90, 139 (1981)
• where only claim surviving in case was not triable of right by a jury, district court did not abuse its discretion in declaring jury advisory after plaintiff's case-in-chief
• “A claim for money-damages ... constitutes legal relief, for such relief was the traditional form of relief offered in the courts of law.”
• where only claim surviving in case was not triable of right by a jury, district court did not abuse its discretion in declaring jury advisory after plaintiff’s case-in-chief

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