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Seventh Circuit· 7/14/2008

Peters v. Gilead Sciences, Inc.

Citations

  • 533 F.3d 594
  • 13 Wage & Hour Cas.2d (BNA) 1540
  • 27 I.E.R. Cas. (BNA) 1636
  • 2008 U.S. App. LEXIS 14894
  • 91 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) 43,264
  • 2008 WL 2719579

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • noting that Seventh Circuit caselaw “suggested equitable estoppel might, in an appropriate case,” be available (internal quotation marks omitted)
  • stating promissory estoppel is “a cause of action,” but equitable estoppel “is a defensive doctrine”
  • characterizing promissory estoppel as a “species of contract claim [that] sounds in equity”
  • Unlike promissory estoppel, “equitable estoppel, which operates defensively to bar the assertion of a claim or defense,” is not an independent cause of action
  • enforcing leave provisions in an employee handbook

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Judges: Easterbrook, Williams, Sykes

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