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Stephen B. Pence, et al. v. VNB New York, LLC, as Successor by Merger to VNB New York Corporation, as Successor in Interest to the Park Avenue Bank

Paid petition · Court of Appeals of Kentucky, No. 2018-CA-00-1259-MR · judgment September 13, 2019


Certiorari denied · November 2, 2020
Pre-decision estimate: 0% cert probability

Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.

Question presented

Does the D’Oench doctrine, D’Oench, Duhme & Co. v. FDIC, 315 U.S. 447 (1942), or federal common law “holder in due course” doctrine, survive Congress’ enactment of the Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989 (FIRREA), Pub. L. 101-73, 103 Stat. 183? Under 12 U.S.C. § 1823(e)(1), may an innocent victim of fraud assert state law fraud or illegality defenses where, as here, a successor bank sues on loans it knew at the time of purchase to be fraudulent?

Counsel of record

For petitioner
Stephen Beville Pence
Pence & Whetzel, PLLC

For respondent

Case

Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference

Proceedings

  1. Nov 02 2020
    Petition DENIED. Justice Barrett took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition.
  2. Oct 14 2020
    DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 10/30/2020.
  3. Aug 26 2020
    Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 30, 2020)