Estoppel
estoppel (noun) – the principle that precludes a person from asserting something contrary to what is implied by a previous action or statement of that person or by a previous pertinent judicial determination.
"The question before us is whether the First Amendment prohibits a plaintiff from recovering damages, under state promissory estoppel law, for a newspaper's breach of a promise of confidentiality given to the plaintiff in exchange for information."
found in: Cohen v. Cowles Media Co. 501 U.S. 663 (in Cases of Communication Law by Zelezny) pg. 170.
Under the state promissory estoppel law, if a newspaper promises anonymity to a source and they go back on their word, the newspaper is at fault.
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