Federal Circuits, 9th Cir. (May 11, 1981)
Docket number: 79-4622
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U.S. Code - Title 15: Commerce and Trade - 15 USC 636 - Sec. 636. Additional powers
U.S. Code - Title 15: Commerce and Trade - 15 USC 634 - Sec. 634. General powers
U.S. Supreme Court - United States v. City and County of San Francisco, 310 U.S. 16 (1940)
Ronald H. Kagan, Kroff & Kagan, Palo Alto, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellants.
Barbara J. Parker, Asst. U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., John J. Conneely, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants-appellees.Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California.Before WALLACE and PREGERSON, Circuit Judges, and GRANT,* District Judge.PREGERSON, Circuit Judge:Jack and Kathryn Benson appeal the district court's dismissal of defendant Wells Fargo Bank for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, and grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant SBA. Appellate jurisdiction is proper under 28 U.S.C. § 1291.The Bensons signed a promissory note for and personally guaranteed a loan of $150,000 from Wells Fargo Bank. They secured the loan with a second deed of trust on their real property. The SBA guaranteed the loan. A default occurred. The SBA paid Wells Fargo; Wells Fargo assigned the note to the SBA; and the SBA notified the Bensons that it expected them to honor the promissory note, personal guarantee, and second deed of trust. Instead, the Bensons brought suit against the SBA and Wells Fargo Bank to preclude the SBA from enforcing the loan contract and foreclosing on the second deed of trust. They allege that they reluctantly signed the second deed of trust on the representation of a Wells Fargo Bank officer that the SBA never forecloses on second deeds of trust. They argue that, in light of the representation of the bank officer, the SBA should not now be allowed to enforce the loan agreement and foreclose on the second deed of trust.The Bensons contend that subject matter jurisdiction over Wells Fargo Bank is proper under 15 U.S.C. § 636, or, in the alternative, that jurisdiction is proper under the doctrine of pendent party jurisdiction. Nowhere in section 636 does a grant of jurisdiction appear. That statute is plainly inapplicable. Pendent party jurisdiction is equally unavailable. See Ayala v. United States, 550 F.2d 1196 (9th Cir. 1977), cert. dismissed,Try vLex for FREE for 3 days
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