Security interest
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 452 U.S. 205 - Anderson Bros. Ford v. Valencia · 1981Most cited · 583 citing opinions
an interest in property that secures performance of a consumer credit obligation and that is recognized by state or federal law.
How often courts cite the case defining “Security interest”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Security interest” — 580 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.