Legal Opinion
Firestone Financial Corp. v. Meyer
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 10, 2015No. 14-3075PublishedCited by 203 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
This case arises from a series of loans made by Firestone Financial Corporation (“Firestone”) to JHM Equipment Leasing Company (“JHM”). After JHM defaulted on the loans, Firestone filed suit against JHM, John R. Meyer (JHM’s owner), and *824two of Mr. Meyer’s other companies to collect on the debt. The defendants filed an answer denying the allegations of breach, asserting a counterclaim of promissory estoppel, and raising various affirmative defenses. Relying on Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), the district court dismissed the defendants’ counterclaim as…
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