Legal Opinion · Dissent

Ross v. Ross

Idaho Supreme Court

Decided April 28, 1982No. 12980, 13260 and 13265Published

1DissentBakes, Chief Justice

My primary concern in writing this dissent is with that portion of the majority opinion which concludes that the plaintiff, Lucy Ross, is estopped from asserting error with regard to the date at which the community terminated for purposes of division of property as a result of the partial summary judgment of divorce. Were it not for the majority’s bizarre use of estoppel in this case, as discussed infra, I could otherwise concur1 in the majority opinion.

The concern of the plaintiff on this particular issue is that the trial court refused to take additional evidence on the amount of earnings…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Reed v. ReedSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
  2. Orr v. OrrSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  3. Tommerup v. Albertson's, Inc.Idaho Supreme Court · 1980
  4. Suter v. SuterIdaho Supreme Court · 1976
  5. Dawson v. MeadIdaho Supreme Court · 1976

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