Opinion ID: 761064
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 2

Heading: D'Oench Doctrine

Text: 18 As its second claim of error, National contends that D'Oench, Duhme & Co., Inc. v. FDIC, 315 U.S. 447, 62 S.Ct. 676, 86 L.Ed. 956 (1942), prevents First Western from raising any defense based on a secret relationship between the Note and the Project. In this case, the district court found that the RTC knew about the relationship between the Note and the Project when it entered into the Agreement. That finding is not clearly erroneous. 7 Accordingly, the Agreement extinguished the Note, along with any claims which may have been based on D'Oench. 8 19 AFFIRMED.