Pavel Enterprises, Inc. v. AS Johnson Co., Inc.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that no contract was formed because there was no meeting of the minds
• finding that the offer was withdrawn by the offeror by a letter to the offeree expressing an intent to withdraw
• adopting the elements for promissory estoppel from Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 90(1) (1979) as Maryland law
• explaining that, to succeed upon this claim, plaintiff must show (1) a clear and definite promise; (2) where the Primary Carriers had a reasonable expectation that their offer would induce action or forbearance on the part of plaintiff; (3
• describing promissory estoppel as a remedy allowing recovery when a contract claim would fail, e.g., for lack of consideration or violation of the statute of frauds
• adopting the elements for promissory estoppel from Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 90(1) (1979) as Maryland law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).