Nixon v. New Orleans Ry. & Light Co.

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• finding that the unjust enrichment claim failed as a matter of law where a written contract governed the relevant subject matter and there were no facts distinguishing the unjust enrichment claim from the breach of contract claim
• “[B]ecause promissory estoppel is an equitable doctrine that implies a contract in law where none in fact exists . . . an express contract covering the same subject matter will preclude the doctrine’s application.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).