United States v. Security Industrial Bank et al.

Decided November 30, 1982. William Hubbs Rehnquist delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 81-184 · 459 U.S. 70 (1982) · Cited 686 times

Holding

Section 522(f)(2) was not intended to be applied retrospectively to destroy pre-enactment property rights.

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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.

• Holt v. Henley · 232 U.S. 637 (1914)
• Louisville Joint Stock Land Bank v. Radford · 295 U.S. 555 (1935)
• Armstrong v. United States · 364 U.S. 40 (1960)
• Northern Pipeline Construction Co. v. Marathon Pipe Line Co. · 458 U.S. 50 (1982)
• PruneYard Shopping Center v. Robins · 447 U.S. 74 (1980)
• Penn Central Transportation Co. v. New York City · 438 U.S. 104 (1978)
• Lorillard v. Pons · 434 U.S. 575 (1978)
• Kaiser Aetna v. United States · 444 U.S. 164 (1979)
• Goldberg v. Kelly · 397 U.S. 254 (1970)
• Linkletter v. Walker · 381 U.S. 618 (1965)
• United States v. American Trucking Associations · 310 U.S. 534 (1940)
• Arnett v. Kennedy · 416 U.S. 134 (1974)
• Pennsylvania Coal Co. v. Mahon · 260 U.S. 393 (1922)
• Bradley v. School Bd. of Richmond · 416 U.S. 696 (1974)
• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• Loretto v. Teleprompter Manhattan CATV Corp. · 458 U.S. 419 (1982)
• National Labor Relations Board v. Catholic Bishop · 440 U.S. 490 (1979)
• Union Pacific Railroad v. Laramie Stock Yards Co. · 231 U.S. 190 (1913)
• Carpenter v. Wabash Railway Co. · 309 U.S. 23 (1940)
• United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. United States Ex Rel. Struthers Wells Co. · 209 U.S. 306 (1908)
• Claridge Apartments Co. v. Commissioner · 323 U.S. 141 (1944)
• Dickinson Industrial Site, Inc. v. Cowan · 309 U.S. 382 (1940)

Cited by

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

• Eastern Enterprises v. Apfel · 524 U.S. 498 (1998)
• Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corp. v. Bonjorno · 494 U.S. 827 (1990)
• Owen v. Owen · 500 U.S. 305 (1991)
• Koontz v. St. Johns River Water Management Dist. · 570 U.S. 595 (2013)
• Permanent Mission of India to the United Nations v. City of New York · 551 U.S. 193 (2007)
• Landgraf v. USI Film Products · 511 U.S. 244 (1994)
• Rust v. Sullivan · 500 U.S. 173 (1991)
• Plaut v. Spendthrift Farm, Inc. · 514 U.S. 211 (1995)
• Rivers v. Roadway Express, Inc. · 511 U.S. 298 (1994)
• United States v. Rodgers · 461 U.S. 677 (1983)
• Midlantic National Bank v. New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection · 474 U.S. 494 (1986)
• United States v. Riverside Bayview Homes, Inc. · 474 U.S. 121 (1985)
• Milavetz, Gallop & Milavetz, P. A. v. United States · 559 U.S. 229 (2010)
• Schwab v. Reilly · 560 U.S. 770 (2010)
• Bennett v. New Jersey · 470 U.S. 632 (1985)
• Rousey v. Jacoway · 544 U.S. 320 (2005)

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Source: Supreme Court of the United States, slip opinions (1982). 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).