United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc.
- Decided
- February 22, 1989
- Docket
- 87-1043
- Status
- Published
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
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What later courts said
- holding that the “grammatical structure of the statute,” specifically the placement of commas, mandated a specific construction — Kahn Lucas Lancaster, Inc. v. Lark International Ltd. (1999)
- holding that if a statute’s language is unambiguous, “the sole function of the courts is to enforce it according to its terms” — In Re Brown (2006)
- holding that if the statute is “coherent and consistent, there is no need for a court to inquire beyond the plain language of the statute” — In Re Chandler (1997)
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How the opinion begins
[*237] Justice Blackmun delivered the opinion of the Court.
In this case we must decide the narrow statutory issue whether § 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code of 1978, 11 U. S. C. § 506(b) (1982 ed., Supp. IV), entitles a creditor to receive postpetition interest on a nonconsensual oversecured claim allowed in a bankruptcy proceeding. We conclude that it does, and we therefore reverse the judgment of the Court of Appeals.
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United States v. Ron Pair Enterprises, Inc., 489 U.S. 235 (1989)Read the full opinion
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