Sentences with phrase «estoppel prevents»

If successful, equitable estoppel prevents a party from making claims that contradict earlier statements by a party.

In its discussion, the Court also held that the equitable tenet of judicial estoppel prevented Auday from pursuing the claim in her own name.

Not exact matches

In this case, the Federal Circuit's expansive view of assignor estoppel may prevent a person who owned just a fraction of a patent from fighting back when that patent gets used in an attempt to quash a competing business.

While the court agreed that it is possible the Purchaser could claim that the Seller was estopped from claiming title defects which would have prevented the closing when it had misrepresented the status of the title in the purchase agreement, the court ruled that the bankruptcy court had failed to make sufficient findings of fact in support of this ruling and so reversed the equitable estoppel ruling, sending the case back to the trial court for further proceedings.