On December 6, Judge Katherine B. Forrest of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York denied Bank of America and U.S. Bancorp’s motions to dismiss a suit by the Policemen’s Annuity and Benefit Fund of the City of Chicago. Plaintiff brought claims against Bank of America and U.S. Bancorp for breach of contract, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and the Trust Indenture of 1939, alleging that defendants failed to protect investors in their role as trustees for RMBS issued by Washington Mutual. Plaintiff alleges that Bank of America and Bancorp failed to take certain actions required by the pooling and servicing agreements, including taking possession of loan files, reviewing those files to ensure they were complete, or requiring Washington Mutual to repurchase or fix defective loans. The court limited plaintiff’s ability to pursue claims only to trusts in which it had purchased certificates or on behalf of purchasers of certificates whose certificates are backed by the loan group that back plaintiff’s certificates or whose certificates are cross-collateralized by loan groups that back plaintiff’s certificates. Decision.