legal question: does a business owner have standing in a detrimental reliance action against the State if they rely on a public statement by the State's Governor prematurely allowing businesses to partially reopen during an unprecedented nationwide health crisis?

section 470 of the Public Health Service Act (64 Olympus Code 541)

State Code Art. 2 1423. Cause defined; detrimental reliance

A. "A party may be obligated by a promise when he knew or should have known that the promise would induce the other party to rely on it to his detriment"

1. How can your office argue this on behalf of your client, John Doyle?
2. How will the opposition argue it?

B. "And the other party was reasonable in so relying:

1. How can your office argue this on behalf of your client, John Doyle?
2. How will the opposition argue it?