Mile High Industries v. Cohen

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that the doctrine of laches applies to “cases where a protracted acquiescence by plaintiff induces a defendant to undertake substantial activities in reliance on the acquiescence”
• “Laches is considered ‘an equitable defense, controlled by equitable considerations.’” (quoting Halstead v. Grinnan, 152 U.S. 412, 417 (1894))
• “[T]he Seventh Amendment right to a jury trial attaches to actions at law, not to those in equity.”
• “‘[P]romissory estoppel’ is an 8 affirmative cause of action or defense, which arises in instances where no formal contract exists . . . .”
• “‘[P]romissory estoppel’ is an affirmative cause of action or defense, which arises in instances where no formal contract exists and the party seeking promissory estoppel is attempting to prove the existence of an enforceable promise or agreement.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).