Bankruptcy Court Uses Twombly Pleading Standard as Platform to Clarify Lender Liability Law
Hon. Jack B. Schmetterer of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Northern District of Illinois issued a memorandum opinion dismissing a debtor’s lawsuit to equitably subordinate a secured lender’s claim. In re American Consolidated Transportation Cos. Inc., Adv. No. 10-00154, slip op. (Bankr. N.D. Ill. July 13, 2010).