Case Name: A. L. BRANDEN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. W. J. DRIVER, as Administrator of Veterans' Affairs, Veterans Administration, et al., Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1971-05-25
Citations: 441 F.2d 1171
Docket Number: No. 23693
Parties: A. L. BRANDEN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. W. J. DRIVER, as Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs, Veterans Administration, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 441
Pages: 1171–1171

Head Matter:
A. L. BRANDEN et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. W. J. DRIVER, as Administrator of Veterans’ Affairs, Veterans Administration, et al., Defendants-Appellees.
No. 23693.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
May 25, 1971.
Rehearing Denied July 30, 1971.
A. L. Branden (appeared), in pro per.
Edmund L. Regalia, of Miller, Starr & Regalia, Oakland, Cal., for appellants.
Brian Denton (appeared), Asst. U. S. Atty., Jerry K. Cimmet, Asst. U. S. Atty., James L. Browning, Jr., U. S. Atty., San Francisco, Cal., for appellees.
Before CHAMBERS, ELY and CARTER, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
The judgment of the district court, 293 F.Supp. 871, is affirmed on the authority of United States v. Stadium Apts. Inc., 425 F.2d 358, cert. denied 1970, sub nom Lynch v. United States, 400 U.S. 926, 91 S.Ct. 187, 27 L.Ed. 185.
Here the government gets, under tragic circumstances of the debtor, a deficiency it could not get under California state law. Much can be said for requiring federal loans to be made under the local law, but we are not now free to order the California law applicable.