Legal Opinion
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, as Receiver of Union National Bank of Chicago v. Lillian Wright, Also Known as Lillian Wright Lawler
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided August 29, 1991No. 90-2217PublishedCited by 89 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIPPLE, Circuit Judge.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) in its capacity as receiver of a failed bank sued Lillian Wright, a former director of the bank, for amounts allegedly due under three facially unconditional notes signed by her. She claimed lack of consideration for two of the notes and payment in full for the other. The FDIC filed a motion in limine seeking to bar Ms. Wright’s lack-of-consideration defense on the basis of the estoppel doctrine announced in D’Oench, Duhme & Co. v. FDIC, 315 U.S. 447, 62 S.Ct. 676, 86 L.Ed. 956 (1942). The court denied the motion and found…
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