U.S. 最高裁判所 拒絶するs singer Rundgren's Chase 控訴 控訴,上告

By Dena Aubin

March 23 (Reuters) - The U.S. 最高裁判所 on Monday 拒絶する/低下するd to 生き返らせる a 訴訟 by singer-songwriter Todd Rundgren and his wife Michele 告発する/非難するing JPMorgan Chase of wrongfully 試みる/企てるing to foreclose on the couple's Kilauea, Hawaii home.

The 法廷,裁判所's 拒絶 of the couple's 控訴,上告 lets stand a 地裁's 解雇/(訴訟の)却下 of their (人命などを)奪う,主張するs for 損害賠償金 and an order to stop a foreclosure sale.

The Rundgrens' lawyer, Gary Dubin, said the couple are still in their home and have other 弁護s to fight the foreclosure.

"This is just the beginning," Dubin said by email.

JPMorgan 広報担当者 Jason Lobo 拒絶する/低下するd comment.

Rundgren, 始める,決める to begin a U.S. 小旅行する in April, is best known for such 1970s 攻撃する,衝突するs as "Hello It's Me" and "I Saw the Light."

The Rundgrens' 論争 茎・取り除くs from a $3 million refinancing 貸付金 the couple arranged with Washington 相互の Bank several months before the bank failed in 2008. Chase bought that bank's 資産s, 含むing the Rundgrens' 貸付金, out of receivership in 2008.

In 法廷,裁判所 filings, Chase said it started foreclosure 訴訟/進行s in 2009 after the Rundgrens defaulted on their $17,060 月毎の mortgage 支払い(額)s.

The Rundgrens' 訴訟 申し立てられた/疑わしい that their mortgage was 無効の because of 非常に/多数の fraudulent 行為/法令/行動するs by Washington 相互の B ank, also called WaMu, when the bank 起こる/始まるd the 貸付金. The 訴訟 said WaMu created a 誤った 貸付金 使用/適用, 誇張するd the Rundgrens' income and used a 誤った 評価 for their home.

The 訴訟 said WaMu tricked the Rundgrens into 調印 the mortgage without giving the couple time to read it and understand its 条件. The 貸付金 had been switched from a 直す/買収する,八百長をするd-率 to an adjustable-率 貸付金, the 訴訟 said.

In a 動議 to 解任する the 事例/患者 とじ込み/提出するd in 2010, Chase argued that it was not liable for WaMu's 活動/戦闘s. The bank said that when it bought WaMu's 貸付金s from the 連邦の Deposit 保険 Corp, its 購入(する) 協定 供給するd that Chase would not assume 関係のある 義務/負債s.

Hawaii's U.S. 地区 法廷,裁判所 and the San Francisco-based U.S. 法廷,裁判所 of 控訴,上告s for the 9th 回路・連盟 agreed, 説 (人命などを)奪う,主張するs 伴う/関わるing WaMu 貸付金s have to be 解決するd in 行政の 訴訟/進行s at the FDIC.

The 法廷,裁判所s 特記する/引用するd the 1989 財政上の 会・原則s 改革(する), 回復 and 施行 行為/法令/行動する, which gave the FDIC 幅の広い 当局 to 演説(する)/住所 (人命などを)奪う,主張するs against failed banks.

In 捜し出すing a 最高裁判所 review, Dubin had argued that it 反抗するd logic to leave the couple exposed to foreclosure while they 追求するd 行政の (人命などを)奪う,主張するs.

The 事例/患者 is: Todd Rundgren et al, petitioners v Washington 相互の Bank et al, No 14-865 (報告(する)/憶測ing By Dena Aubin; Editing by Will Dunham)

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