C & K ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS v. AMBER STEEL CO.

Docket No. S.F. 23837.

23 Cal.3d 1 (1978)

587 P.2d 1136

151 Cal. Rptr. 323

C & K ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS, Plaintiff and Respondent, v. AMBER STEEL COMPANY, INC., Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

December 22, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Di Giorgio, Davis & Klein and V.P. Di Giorgio for Defendant and Appellant.

Gill & Baldwin, Samuel D. Hale, Jr., and Leroy M. Gire for Plaintiff and Respondent.


OPINION

RICHARDSON, J.

The issue posed by this case is whether or not defendant was improperly denied its constitutional right to a jury trial. (Cal. Const., art. I, § 16.) We will conclude that because plaintiff's suit for damages for breach of contract was based entirely upon the equitable doctrine of promissory estoppel (see Drennan v. Star Paving Co. (1958)

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