On September 7, 2017, Judge Valerie Caproni in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York granted the majority of RMBS trustee Bank of New York Mellon’s (“BNYM“) summary judgment motion and denied certificateholder Phoenix Light SF Ltd.’s (“Phoenix Light“) cross motion in its entirety in Phoenix Light SF Ltd. v. Bank of New York Mellon. Judge Caproni’s decision significantly curtailed Phoenix Light’s Complaint, which alleged various breaches of the trustee’s duties in connection with 21 RMBS trusts. For eight of the trusts at issue, Judge Caproni rejected Phoenix Light’s breach-of-contract claims alleging that BNYM failed to notify other parties upon discovery of breaches of representations and warranties due to lack of evidence that BNYM actually discovered any breaches. Judge Caproni also rejected the breach claims in connection with another eight trusts due to Phoenix Light’s failure to support the claims with evidence on a “loan-by-loan and trust-by-trust” basis. Only Phoenix Light’s breach-of-contract claims related to trusts where BNYM had notice of a specific breach or an event of default survived, as did Phoenix Light’s Trust Indenture Act claims for three trusts (because BNYM did not address the claims in its reply brief). The Court also granted BNYM’s motion with respect to Plaintiffs’ negligence, gross negligence, and negligent misrepresentation claims, finding that Plaintiffs’ tort-based arguments were duplicative of their breach-of-contract allegations.