Court Opinion

ID: 9765587
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-29 04:08:31.548969+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T07:30:11.661142
License: Public Domain

PALMORE, Judge
(dissenting in part).
The doctrine that in their dealings with the public the arms and agencies of the state are held to different and lower moral standards than those that are binding upon everyone else is an offensive anachronism. If it cannot be defended from the standpoint of good faith and ethical conduct, as the majority opinion admits, then it is an ugly parasite on the face of the law and ought to be removed. As the rule was created by the courts in the first place, and continues in force by no other authority, it is right and proper that the injus*360tice be likewise corrected by the courts. I therefore dissent from that portion of the foregoing decision which holds the principle of estoppel inapplicable to the acts of public officials.
STEWART and MOREMEN, JJ., concur in this dissent.