LaSalle Bank Nat'l Assoc. v. Paramont Properties

How courts have described this case

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• noting the technical impropriety of such a defense but permitting the defendant to raise it
• finding that lender had “unlimited discretion” under the contract
• “[T]he Court considers the exhibits attached to the complaint, but where an exhibit conflicts with the allegations of the complaint, the exhibit typically controls.”
• “The duty of good faith and fair dealing is implied in every contract . . .”
• “Illinois does not, and would not, recognize a general duty of care owed by lenders to borrowers”
• “failure to state a claim” can be properly asserted as an affirmative defense “even though it is not among the Rule 8(c)'s enumerated affirmative defenses.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).