Bailey v. ERG Enterprises, LP’s Empirical Analysis
705 F.3d 1311 · 2013
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 5 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Prima Paint Corp. v. Flood & Conklin Mfg. Co. · New York State Conference of Blue Cross & Blue Shield Plans v. Travelers Insurance · PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc. v. Book · MS Dealer Service Corp. v. Franklin · United States v. Alpert
Most-quoted passages
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“The purpose of the doctrine is to prevent a plaintiff from, in effect, trying to have his cake and eat it too; that is,, from relying on the contract when it works to his advantage by establishing the claim, and repudiating it when it works to his disadvantage.... The plaintiffs actual dependence on the underlying contract in making out the claim against the nonsignatory defendant is therefore always the sine qua non of an appropriate situation for applying equitable estoppel.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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