Hartford Underwriters Insurance Company v. Union Planters Bank, N. a.

Decided May 30, 2000. Antonin Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 99-409 · 530 U.S. 1 (2000) · Cited 1,290 times

Holding

Section 506(c) does not provide an administrative claimant of a bankruptcy estate an independent right to seek payment of its claim from property encumbered by a secured creditor’s lien.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 9–0.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Kelly v. Robinson · 479 U.S. 36 (1986)
• United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc. · 489 U.S. 235 (1989)
• Dewsnup v. Timm · 502 U.S. 410 (1992)
• Union Bank v. Wolas · 502 U.S. 151 (1991)
• United States v. Noland · 517 U.S. 535 (1996)
• Burnham v. Bowen · 111 U.S. 776 (1884)
• Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Railroad v. Wilson · 138 U.S. 501 (1891)
• Connecticut National Bank v. Germain · 503 U.S. 249 (1992)
• Russello v. United States · 464 U.S. 16 (1983)
• Kawaauhau v. Geiger · 523 U.S. 57 (1998)
• United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd. · 484 U.S. 365 (1988)
• BFP v. Resolution Trust Corporation · 511 U.S. 531 (1994)
• Patterson v. Shumate · 504 U.S. 753 (1992)
• Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. Davenport · 495 U.S. 552 (1990)
• Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection · 474 U.S. 494 (1986)
• Federal Election Commission v. National Conservative Political Action Committee · 470 U.S. 480 (1985)
• Atlantic Trust Co. v. Chapman · 208 U.S. 360 (1908)
• New York Dock Co. v. Steamship Poznan · 274 U.S. 117 (1927)

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• Sebelius v. Cloer · 569 U.S. 369 (2013)
• BedRoc Limited, LLC v. United States · 541 U.S. 176 (2004)
• Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. Murphy · 548 U.S. 291 (2006)
• Schwab v. Reilly · 560 U.S. 770 (2010)
• Pulsifer v. United States · 601 U.S. 124 (2024)
• Truck Insurance Exchange v. Kaiser Gypsum Co. · 602 U.S. 268 (2024)
• Lamie v. United States Trustee · 540 U.S. 526 (2004)
• Jimenez v. Quarterman · 555 U.S. 113 (2009)
• Dodd v. United States · 545 U.S. 353 (2005)
• Till v. SCS Credit Corp. · 541 U.S. 465 (2004)
• Carcieri v. Salazar · 555 U.S. 379 (2009)
• Kirtsaeng v. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. · 568 U.S. 519 (2013)
• Department of Agriculture Rural Development Rural Housing Service v. Kirtz · 601 U.S. 42 (2024)
• Snyder v. United States · 603 U.S. 1 (2024)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (2000). Citation count from the Free Law Project’s CourtListener bulk data. Data last verified 2026-07-03. Informational only; verify against the primary source before relying. Not a consumer report (FCRA).