John and Dolores Rank v. Robert P. Nimmo, Administrator of the Veterans Administration, John and Dolores Rank v. Robert P. Nimmo, Administrator of the Veterans Administration, and the Kissell Company, an Ohio Corporation

677 F.2d 692 John and Dolores RANK, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert P. NIMMO, * Administrator of the Veterans Administration, et al., Defendants-Appellants. John and Dolores RANK, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Robert P. NIMMO,* Administrator of the Veterans Administration, et al., Defendants, and The Kissell Company, an Ohio corporation, Defendants-Appellants. Nos. 79-3128, 79-3205. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Dec. 1, 1980. Decided Feb. 23, 1982. As Amended on Denial of Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc May 6, 1982. John F. Cordes, Washington, D. C., Andrea Sheridan Ordin, U.S. Atty., Los Angeles, Cal., for Nimmo. Franklin K. Lane, III, Richard A. Rothschild, Los Angeles, Cal., argued, for Rank; Richard A. Paez, Los Angeles, Cal., on brief. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California. Before WALLACE, NORRIS, and REINHARDT, Circuit Judges. NORRIS, Circuit Judge: 1 In 1971, appellees John and Dolores Rank bought a home financed through a mortgage guaranteed by the Veterans Administration (VA) pursuant to the VA Home Loan Guarantee Program, 38 U.S.C. § 1801 et seq. In 1976, the mortgage was foreclosed. The…