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· 9/28/2023

Mundo Verde Public Charter School v. District of Columbia

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that liens were property protected by the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment
  • holding that liens were property protected by the takings clause of the Fifth Amendment
  • holding that consumer lien avoidance powers of Section 522(f) cannot be applied retroactively
  • noting that “[t]he principle that statutes operate only prospectively, while judicial decisions operate retrospectively, is familiar to every law student”
  • noting that \[t]he 'bundle of rights' which accrues to a secured party is obviously smaller than that which accrues to an owner\
  • stating that lien avoidance under 522(f) \fits but awkwardly into the analytic framework employed in Penn Central Transp. Co.\

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Judges: Judge Colleen Kollar-Kotelly

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