Thomas E. Raleigh, Chapter 7 Trustee for the Estate of William J. Stoecker, v. Illinois Department of Revenue

Decided May 30, 2000. David Hackett Souter delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 99-387 · 530 U.S. 15 (2000) · Cited 554 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.

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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.

• Butner v. United States · 440 U.S. 48 (1979)
• Vanston Bondholders Protective Committee v. Green · 329 U.S. 156 (1946)
• Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Greenwich Collieries · 512 U.S. 267 (1994)
• Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co. · 317 U.S. 239 (1942)
• United States v. Bisceglia · 420 U.S. 141 (1975)
• United States v. Noland · 517 U.S. 535 (1996)
• United States v. Reorganized CF&I Fabricators of Utah, Inc. · 518 U.S. 213 (1996)
• Dick v. New York Life Insurance · 359 U.S. 437 (1959)
• City of New York v. Saper · 336 U.S. 328 (1949)
• Arkansas v. Farm Credit Services of Central Arkansas · 520 U.S. 821 (1997)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Law v. Siegel · 571 U.S. 415 (2014)
• Travelers Casualty & Surety Co. of America v. Pacific Gas & Electric Co. · 549 U.S. 443 (2007)
• Medtronic, Inc. v. Mirowski Family Ventures, LLC. · 571 U.S. 191 (2014)
• Green Tree Financial Corp.-Alabama v. Randolph · 531 U.S. 79 (2000)

Official text

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