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Drennan v Star Paving Co

51 Cal.2d 409, 333 P.2d 757 (1958)
JurisdictionUnited States
CourtSupreme Court of California
Year1958
StatusBinding authority

Key Principle

A subcontractor's bid on which a general contractor foreseeably and reasonably relies in computing and submitting its own bid becomes irrevocable through promissory estoppel, the reliance supplying the place of consideration via an implied subsidiary promise not to revoke.

Area of Law

contract

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ProCD Inc v Zeidenberg 86 F.3d 1447 (7th Cir. 1996)
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Williams v Walker-Thomas Furniture Co 350 F.2d 445 (D.C. Cir. 1965)

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