Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc et al

Filing 79

ORDER denying deft's 72 Motion for Reconsideration. Signed by Judge Susan Webber Wright on 7/23/12. (vjt)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS
WESTERN DIVISION

LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS, INC.,
Plaintiff,
vs.
NATIONAL BANK OF ARKANSAS IN
NORTH LITTLE ROCK,
Defendant.

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No. 4:10CV002012 SWW

Order
Before the Court is defendant’s motion for reconsideration to which plaintiff responded.
Defendant filed a reply to plaintiff’s response. The Court finds the motion should be denied.
In an order dated June 25, 2012, the Court found that in 2006 plaintiff demanded that
defendant repurchase the Olt loan, that defendant’s failure to repurchase was an independent breach,
and that plaintiff’s claim was not time barred under the six-year statute of limitations. Defendant
asserts plaintiff had no right in 2006 to demand repurchase because it did not receive an assignment
of rights to bring a claim until 2011. Defendant argues that even assuming that an independent
breach occurred when it failed to repurchase the Olt loan upon plaintiff’s demand in 2006, that
demand does not extend the statute of limitations which began to run in 2003 when the loan was
sold.
The Court finds that under the 2011 Assignment Agreement, plaintiff assumed all the rights
of its assignor, including the right to pursue a claim for defendant’s refusal in 2006 to repurchase
the Olt loan.

IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the motion for reconsideration [docket entry 72] is
denied.
DATED this 23rd day of July, 2012.
/s/Susan Webber Wright
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE