EXHIBIT 10.5

FORM OF LEGAL OPINION

[List of Purchasers]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This opinion is being delivered to you pursuant to Section 2.2(a)(ii) of the
Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of January 17, 2006 (the “Purchase
Agreement”), by and among Solomon Technologies, Inc., a Delaware corporation
(the “Company”) and the purchasers identified on the signature pages thereto
(the “Purchasers”) pursuant to which the Company has agreed to issue and sell to
the Purchasers up to $6,000,000 worth of Variable Rate Self-Liquidating Senior
Secured Convertible Debentures (the “Debentures”) and Warrants (the “Warrants”)
to purchase common stock of the Company in the amounts set forth on Schedule I
to the Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used herein that are not defined
herein shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
The Schedules referred to herein refer to the Disclosure Schedules to the
Purchase Agreement, which have been delivered by the Company to the Investors as
of the date of the Closing.

We have acted as counsel to the Company in connection with the Transaction
Documents (defined below) and the transactions contemplated thereby. We have
examined originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our
satisfaction, of the Transaction Documents. In addition, subject to the specific
limitations and qualifications set forth below, we have examined originals or
copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of such records,
agreements, instruments and other documents, and have made such other
investigations, as we have deemed relevant and necessary as a basis for the
opinions hereinafter set forth.

For the purposes hereof, we have assumed, with your permission and without
independent verification of any kind: (a) that the signatures of persons signing
all documents in connection with which this opinion is rendered are genuine and
authorized; (b) the legal capacity of all natural persons; (c) that all
documents submitted to us as originals or duplicate originals are authentic; (d)
that all documents submitted to us as copies, whether certified or not, conform
to authentic original documents; (e) that there has not been any mutual mistake
or misunderstanding, fraud, duress, or undue influence; (f) that there are no
agreements or understandings among the parties, written or oral, and there is no
usage of trade or course of prior dealing among the parties that would, in
either case, define, supplement, or qualify the terms of the Purchase Agreement,
the Debentures, Warrants, Registration Rights Agreement, Security Agreement,
Redemption and Conversion Agreement and Escrow Agreement (collectively, the
“Transaction Documents”); (g) that the contracts, agreements, or instruments to
which the Company is a party or by which its properties are bound other than the
Transaction Documents will be enforced as written; (h) that all parties to the
Transaction Documents other than the Company and the Escrow Agent (individually,
an “Other Party” and collectively, the “Other Parties”) will act in accordance
with, and will refrain from taking any action that is forbidden by, the
Transaction Documents; (i) that each of the Other Parties and any agent acting
for any of them in connection with the transactions contemplated by the
Transaction Documents has acted in good faith and without notice of any defense
against the enforcement of any rights created by the Transaction Documents; and
(j) that the constitutionality or validity of a relevant statute, rule, or
regulation is not in issue.

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We have relied exclusively upon the representations of the Company contained in
the Transaction Documents and in an officers’ certificate (insofar as they
relate to matters of fact) and we have not, except as specifically noted, made
any independent review or investigation of facts relating to the Company.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, we have not made any
independent review or investigation in connection with this opinion of the
existence of any agreement, instrument, lease, contract, indenture, obligation,
commitment, document or understanding to which the Company or any of its
properties or assets may be bound, the existence of any litigation, action,
suit, claim, proceeding or investigation pending or threatened against the
Company or any basis therefor, or of the consideration received by the Company
in connection with the issuance of the Company’s issued and outstanding capital
stock. We have made no docket searches in any jurisdiction to determine the
existence of any litigation, action, suit, claim, proceeding or investigation
pending against the Company.

In rendering the opinions expressed below, we have assumed, with your permission
and without any independent investigation or verification of any kind, that: (i)
each of the Other Parties that is not a natural person has been duly organized
and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction
of organization and of each other jurisdiction in which the conduct of its
business or the ownership of its property makes such qualification necessary;
(ii) each of the Other Parties has full power and authority to execute, deliver
and perform the Transaction Documents to which it is a party; (iii) the
execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which the
Other Parties are parties by each of the Other Parties that is not a natural
person have been duly authorized by all requisite corporate or other action on
its part; (iv) the Transaction Documents to which the Other Parties are parties
have been duly executed and delivered by each applicable Other Party; and (v)
the execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents to which
the Other Parties are parties do not and will not violate the by-laws, articles
of incorporation or other organizational documents of any of the Other Parties
that is not a natural person. We have further assumed, with your permission and
without any independent investigation or verification of any kind, that each of
the Transaction Documents constitute a valid and legally binding obligation of
each party thereto other than the Company.

Based upon the foregoing, and subject to the limitations and exceptions set
forth herein, we are of the opinion that:

1.  The Company is a corporation validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware. The Company is duly qualified to transact
business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in the State of New
York.

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2.  Except as set forth on Schedule 3.1(b) to the Purchase Agreement, each of
the following subsidiaries of the Company (the “Subsidiaries”) is a corporation
or limited liability company in good standing under the laws of its state of
organization, as noted: Technipower LLC, a Delaware limited liability company;
Town Creek Industries, Inc., a Maryland corporation.
 
3.  The Company has the corporate power to own or hold under lease the property
it purports to own or hold under lease, to carry on its business as now
conducted, to enter into the Transaction Documents, and to perform its
obligations under the Transaction Documents, to issue, sell and deliver the
Debentures, the Warrants and the Underlying Shares at the Closing and to
consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
 
4.  The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby (including the issuance
and sale of the Debentures, the Warrants and the Underlying Shares) have been
duly authorized by all necessary corporate and stockholder action of the
Company. The Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the
Company and constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable
against the Company in accordance with their respective terms.
 
5.  After giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Purchase
Agreement, and immediately after the Closing, the authorized capital stock of
the Company will consist of: an aggregate of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock
and an aggregate of 12,500,000 shares of Preferred Stock of which 4,700,000
shares have been designated Series C preferred stock. To our knowledge, and
except as set forth in Schedule 3.1(g), immediately after the Closing, the
Company will have issued and outstanding 33,755,987 shares of Common Stock, all
of which shares are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and 4,615,381
shares of Series C preferred stock, all of which shares will be validly issued,
fully paid and nonassessable. To our knowledge, immediately after the Closing,
2,000,000 shares will be reserved for issuance to employees, officers and
directors under the Company’s 2003 Stock Incentive Plan, of which up to
1,032,835 shares may be subject to currently outstanding non-qualified stock
option grants, 453,174 shares will be reserved for currently outstanding
warrants, 2,006,250 shares will be reserved for issuance upon exercise of the
Warrants, 2,675,000 shares will be reserved for issuance upon conversion of the
Debentures and 1,740,360 shares will be reserved for issuance upon conversion of
Series C preferred stock in accordance with the Redemption and Conversion
Agreement. The Debentures and Warrants that have been issued on the date hereof
pursuant to the Purchase Agreement have been duly authorized and validly issued
and are fully paid and nonassessable and free of preemptive or similar rights.
The Underlying Shares have been duly and validly authorized and reserved for
issuance, and when issued in accordance with the conversion of the Debentures or
the exercise of the Warrants in accordance with their respective terms will be
validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and free of any preemptive or
similar rights. To our knowledge, except for rights described in Schedule 3.1(g)
of the Purchase Agreement, there are no other options, warrants, conversion
privileges or other rights presently outstanding to purchase or otherwise
acquire from the Company any capital stock or other securities of the Company,
or any other agreements to issue any such securities or rights.
 
6.  Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the
Purchasers set forth in the Purchase Agreement, the Debentures and the Warrants
may be issued and sold to the Purchasers without registration under the
Securities Act. Assuming that the representations and warranties of the
Purchasers set forth in the Purchase Agreement are accurate on each of the dates
that Warrants are exercised and the Debentures are converted, and that the
Warrants are exercised and the Debentures are converted by the Persons to whom
they were initially issued by the Company, the Underlying Shares may be issued
to the Purchasers without registration under the Securities Act.
 
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7.  None of the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents, the
issuance of the Debentures, the Warrants and the Underlying Shares, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby or the performance of the
terms and provisions thereof will result in any breach of or constitute a
default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a
default) under, or give to others any right of termination, amendment,
acceleration or cancellation of, or result in (or require) the creation of any
lien upon any property of the Company under its Charter or Bylaws, or violate
any provision of the current Delaware General Corporation Law or any current New
York or federal statute, rule or regulation that, in each case, in our
experience, is typically applicable to transactions of the nature contemplated
by the Transaction Documents.
 
8.  To our knowledge, there is no action, proceeding or investigation pending or
overtly threatened against the Company or any of its properties in any court or
before any arbitrator of any kind or by any governmental body.
 
9.  To our knowledge, except for approval of existing Series C preferred
stockholders of the Company and such filings as shall have been made prior to
and shall be effective on and as of the Closing Date, no approval by, from or
with and no other action in respect of, any governmental body or any other
person (including any trustee or holder of any indebtedness, securities or other
obligations of the Company), is required (a) for or in connection with the valid
execution and delivery by the Company of or the performance by the Company of
its obligations under the Transaction Documents or the consummation by the
Company of the transactions contemplated thereby, including the offer, issuance,
sale and delivery by the Company of the Debentures and Warrants and the
issuance, sale and delivery of the Underlying Shares, or (b) as a condition to
the legality, validity or enforceability as against the Company of the Purchase
Agreement except for any approval, filing or action that may be required by
securities laws, rules or regulations, as to which no opinion is expressed
except as set forth in paragraph 6 above.
 
10.  The Company is not an Investment Company within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
 
Our opinion is further subject to the following limitations, qualifications and
assumptions:

(a) Our opinion is qualified by the effect of New York law under which a court
may refuse to enforce, or may limit the application of, a contract or a clause
thereof that the court finds unconscionable.

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(b) We express no opinion as to any matter that is affected by any actual fact
or circumstance inconsistent with or contrary to any assumption set forth herein
or in any document referred to herein.

(c) The opinion set forth in paragraph 1 above is based solely upon certificates
issued by the Secretary of State of each of Delaware and Florida, as applicable,
as set forth on Schedule I hereto. The opinion set forth in paragraph 2 above is
based solely upon certificates issued by the Secretary of State of each of
Delaware and Connecticut, as applicable, as set forth on Schedule II hereto.

(d) The opinions set forth in paragraph 5 above are based solely upon our review
of the Company’s certificate of incorporation, the Company’s by-laws and minute
books and a certificate of officers of the Company.

(e) The opinion set forth in paragraph 4 above is subject to the effect of any
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws
relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and to the
application of general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law), including, without limitation, (i) the
possible unavailability of specific performance, injunctive relief or any other
equitable remedy and (ii) concepts of materiality, reasonableness, good faith
and fair dealing. Accordingly, no opinion is given herein as to the availability
of specific performance or equitable relief of any kind, or the effect of any
law of any jurisdiction regarding fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent transfer.

(f) We express no opinion as to the enforceability of (i) provisions that
purport to establish evidentiary standards, (ii) provisions exculpating a party
from, or indemnifying a party for (or entitling a party to contribution in a
case involving), its own gross negligence, willful misconduct or violation of
securities or other laws, (iii) provisions relating to the availability of
specific remedies or relief or the release or waiver of any remedies or rights
or time periods in which claims are required to be asserted, (iv) provisions
relating to the discharge of defenses or disclaimers, liability limitations or
limitations of the obligations of the Investors or the Company under any of the
Transaction Documents, (v) provisions relating to choice of law, or (vi)
provisions purporting to waive illegality as a defense to performance of
contract obligations.

(g) We express no opinion as to the enforceability of any section of the
Transaction Documents to the extent it purports to waive any objection a person
may have that a suit, action or proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient
forum.

(h) We express no opinion as to any provision in the Transaction Documents that
relates to the subject matter jurisdiction of any United States District Court
to adjudicate any controversy relating to such agreements.

(i) We express no opinion with respect to the effect of any provision of the
Transaction Documents that (i) is intended to permit modification thereof only
by means of an agreement signed in writing by the parties thereto, (ii) provides
that any Person purchasing any Debentures or Warrants from a Purchaser or other
Person may exercise set off or similar rights with respect to such participation
or (iii) imposes penalties or forfeitures.

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(j) The opinions set forth herein are given as of the date hereof and we shall
have no obligation to update this opinion letter to reflect any facts or
circumstances that may hereafter come to our attention or any changes in any
law, rule or regulation that may hereafter occur.

As used in this letter, the word “knowledge” or the phrase “to our knowledge”
means the conscious awareness of facts or other information by only those
lawyers of this law firm who have had active involvement in negotiating the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents or preparing or reviewing
such agreements - namely, Walter M. Epstein, Ralph W. Norton and Mitzi S.
Lieberman.
 
The opinions expressed herein are limited to the laws of the State of New York,
the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the
United States of America.

This opinion is rendered solely for your benefit in connection with the subject
transaction, and is not to be relied upon by any other person, or otherwise
furnished to third parties, used, circulated, quoted or relied upon, without our
prior consent.

Very truly yours,

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