Legal Opinion
Bank of America, N. A. v. Caulkett
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 1, 2015No. 13-1421PublishedCited by 83 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Thomas
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Section 506(d) of the Bankruptcy Code allows a debtor to void a lien on his property “[t]o the extent that [the] lien secures a claim against the debtor that is not an allowed secured claim.” 11 U.S.C. § 506(d). These consolidated cases present the question whether a debtor in a Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceeding may void a junior mortgage under § 506(d) when the debt owed on a senior mortgage exceeds the present value of the property. We hold that a debtor may not, and we therefore reverse the judgments of the Court of Appeals.
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The facts in these consolidated cases áre largely the same. The…
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