FEDERAL DEPOSIT INS. CORP. v. WRIGHT

No. 90-2217.

942 F.2d 1089 (1991)

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION, as Receiver of Union National Bank of Chicago, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Lillian WRIGHT, also known as Lillian Wright Lawler, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided August 29, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Richter, David L. Hazan (argued), Marc J. Chalfen, Dehaan & Richter, Chicago, Ill., Bea Valdez (argued), Federal Deposit Ins. Corp., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Michael Anthony Lowe (argued), Emory A. Tate, Tate & Schroeder, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before FLAUM, RIPPLE and MANION, Circuit Judges.


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...

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