F. P. NEWPORT CORP., LTD.

v.

SAMPSELL, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY, ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Bd. of Cnty. Comm'rs of Metro. Dade Cnty. v. Lutz, 314 So. 2d 815 (Fla. 3d DCA 1975)
  …ise changing the zoning classification on Petitioners’ parcels. “The Florida Supreme Court has stated that the doctrine of equitable estoppel may be invoked against counties and municipalities. Bregar v. Britton, Fla.1954, 75 So. 2d 753, CERT. DEN. 348 U.S. 972 [75 S.Ct. 534, 99 L.Ed. 757]; Texas Co. v. Town of Miami Springs, Fla.1950, 44 So. 2d 808; Sakolsky v. City of Coral Gables, Fla.1963, 151 So. 2d 433. “A recent Third District Court of Appeal case recited the test which Petitioners seeking invocati…
• Norman v. Dade Cnty., 18 Fla. Supp. 160 (Dade Cty. Cir. Ct. 1961)
  …nd received the benefits of the agreements. It seems clear that if the “shoe was on the other foot” the city and the county would be estopped to deny the validity of the agreement. Cf., e.g., Bregar v. Britton, Fla., 75 So. 2d 753, certiorari denied 348 U.S. 972, 75 S.Ct. 534 (estoppel invoked against a county), Texas Company v. Town of Miami Springs, Fla., 44 So. 2d 808 (estoppel invoked against a city). Cf. also, Trustees of Internal Improvement Fund v. Claughton, Fla., 86 So. 2d 775 (estoppel invoked aga…
• In re Cloyd W. Devers and Barbara Devers v. Bank OF Sheridan, 759 F.2d 751 (9th Cir. 1985)
  …uptcy statutes have a two-fold purpose — first, to secure the equitable distribution of the bankrupt’s estate among his creditors, In re F.P. Newport Corp., 123 F.Supp. 95, 99 (S.D.Cal.), appeal dismissed, 216 F. 2d 344 (9th Cir.1954), cert. denied, 348 U.S. 972, 75 S.Ct. 533, 99 L.Ed. 757 (1955); and, second, “ ‘to relieve the honest debtor from the weight of oppressive indebtedness and permit him to start afresh free from the obligations and re [*755] sponsibilities consequent upon business misfortunes.’…