United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.

Decided February 22, 1989. Harry Andrew Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 87-1043 · 489 U.S. 235 (1989) · Cited 4,657 times

Holding

Section 506(b) entitles a creditor to receive postpetition interest on a nonconsensual oversecured claim allowed in a bankruptcy proceeding.

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

“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)
• Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection · 474 U.S. 494 (1986)
• City of New York v. Saper · 336 U.S. 328 (1949)
• Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc. · 458 U.S. 564 (1982)
• Vanston Bondholders Protective Committee v. Green · 329 U.S. 156 (1946)
• Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · 458 U.S. 50 (1982)
• Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill · 437 U.S. 153 (1978)
• United Sav. Assn. of Tex. v. Timbers of Inwood Forest Associates, Ltd. · 484 U.S. 365 (1988)
• Simpson v. United States · 435 U.S. 6 (1978)
• Landreth Timber Co. v. Landreth · 471 U.S. 681 (1985)
• Henneford v. Silas Mason Co. · 300 U.S. 577 (1937)
• United States v. Monia · 317 U.S. 424 (1943)
• Chemical Manufacturers Ass'n v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. · 470 U.S. 116 (1985)
• United States v. Naftalin · 441 U.S. 768 (1979)
• Sexton v. Dreyfus · 219 U.S. 339 (1911)
• Porto Rico Railway, Light & Power Co. v. Mor · 253 U.S. 345 (1920)
• Costanzo v. Tillinghast · 287 U.S. 341 (1932)

Cited by

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• Zuni Public School District No. 89 v. Department of Education · 550 U.S. 81 (2007)
• Rake v. Wade · 508 U.S. 464 (1993)
• Dewsnup v. Timm · 502 U.S. 410 (1992)
• Pennsylvania Department of Public Welfare v. Davenport · 495 U.S. 552 (1990)
• Ali v. Federal Bureau of Prisons · 552 U.S. 214 (2008)
• Puerto Rico v. Franklin California Tax-Free Trust · 579 U.S. 115 (2016)
• Republic of Sudan v. Harrison · 587 U.S. 1 (2019)
• Connecticut National Bank v. Germain · 503 U.S. 249 (1992)
• Hartford Underwriters Insurance v. Union Planters Bank, N. A. · 530 U.S. 1 (2000)
• BFP v. Resolution Trust Corporation · 511 U.S. 531 (1994)
• Patterson v. Shumate · 504 U.S. 753 (1992)
• Marx v. General Revenue Corp. · 568 U.S. 371 (2013)
• Mallard v. United States Dist. Court for Southern Dist. of Iowa · 490 U.S. 296 (1989)
• Robinson v. Shell Oil Co. · 519 U.S. 337 (1997)
• Lamie v. United States Trustee · 540 U.S. 526 (2004)
• Williams v. Taylor · 529 U.S. 420 (2000)
• Barnhart v. Sigmon Coal Co. · 534 U.S. 438 (2002)
• Johnson v. United States · 529 U.S. 694 (2000)
• West Virginia University Hospitals, Inc. v. Casey · 499 U.S. 83 (1991)
• Nobelman v. American Savings Bank · 508 U.S. 324 (1993)
• Smith v. City of Jackson · 544 U.S. 228 (2005)
• Hallstrom v. Tillamook County · 493 U.S. 20 (1989)
• Radlax Gateway Hotel, LLC v. Amalgamated Bank · 566 U.S. 639 (2012)
• Arlington Central School District Board of Education v. Murphy · 548 U.S. 291 (2006)
• Chisom v. Roemer · 501 U.S. 380 (1991)
• International Primate Protection League v. Administrators of Tulane Educational Fund · 500 U.S. 72 (1991)
• Associates Commercial Corp. v. Rash · 520 U.S. 953 (1997)
• Union Bank v. Wolas · 502 U.S. 151 (1991)
• Ransom v. FIA Card Services, N. A. · 562 U.S. 61 (2011)
• Farrey v. Sanderfoot · 500 U.S. 291 (1991)

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