LIGE DICKSON CO. v. UNION OIL CO.

No. 47550-4.

96 Wn.2d 291 (1981)

635 P.2d 103

CERTIFICATION FROM THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT IN LIGE DICKSON COMPANY, Appellant, v. UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, Appellee.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

October 15, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Billett, Comfort & Rosenow, by Cameron Sherwood and Robert A. Comfort, for appellant.

LeSourd, Patten, Fleming, Hartung & Emory, by Lawrence E. Hard and John F. Colgrove, for appellee.


DORE, J.

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals certified the following question1 to us:

Under the law of the State of Washington, may an oral promise otherwise within the statute of frauds, Wash. Rev. Code § 62A.2-201, nevertheless be enforceable on the basis of promissory estoppel? See Restatement (Second) of Contracts § 217A. See generally Klinke v. Famous Recipe Fried Chicken, Inc., 94...

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