| B01 — Current version; partial currentness |
Use the complete displayed § 510 body with its compilation boundary. C001–C002, C084; S001. |
Post-cutoff enactment/judicial chain. |
A web banner proves no later change. |
Check subsequent official amendments specifically affecting § 510 and selected incorporations. |
| B02 — Chapter coverage; partial |
Apply Chapter 5 through § 103 and, for Chapter 9, § 901; retain § 1161 qualification. C003–C006; S008–S009. |
Latest § 1161 authentication; actual chapter; full eligibility law. |
§ 510 is limited to corporations, or applies identically in every proceeding. |
Read the current official § 1161 body and only the relevant chapter-applicability clause. |
| B03 — Claim category; answered text, application absent |
A payment right may fall within § 101(5)(A) despite dispute, contingency, or lack of judgment. C007; S002. |
Existence and legal character of a right. |
A disputed assertion is necessarily valid or allowed. |
Read the generic applicable allowance clause in § 502; no record inquiry. |
| B04 — Equitable remedy; answered boundary |
The equitable-remedy limb requires breach giving rise to payment. C008; S002 § 101(5)(B). |
Payment-right predicate and governing substantive law. |
Every nonmonetary remedy is a bankruptcy claim. |
Read the relevant generic statutory remedy category before classification. |
| B05 — Debt/debtor/creditor; partial |
Debt, debtor, and creditor have different definitions and temporal predicates. C009–C016; S002–S003. |
Commencement, order entry, claim category, § 348(d) chain. |
Every financially involved role is a debtor or creditor. |
Read complete § 348(d) only if that creditor alternative becomes material. |
| B06 — Person/entity/corporation; answered selected text |
Entity is broader than person; corporation and governmental exceptions have distinct limits. C011–C015; S002. |
Organizational legal category; limited § 1102/plan incorporations. |
A label establishes corporate status or a government exception everywhere. |
Read only the indispensable organizational or § 1102 public definition. |
| B07 — Equity interest/common stock; partial |
§ 101(16) defines equity security; § 510(b) separately uses common stock. C017–C018, C052; S001–S002. |
Exact legal category and any necessary construction. |
Every equity interest is common stock or every allowed interest is fully defined by § 101(16). |
Seek a scoped official generic construction of the particular statutory term. |
| B08 — Affiliate voting route A; answered text |
The inclusive 20% voting-security test and both holding exceptions must be considered. C019; S002 § 101(2)(A). |
Voting-security base, holding capacity, discretionary power, actual exercise. |
Any 20% economic interest proves affiliation. |
Read generic definitions/construction of the voting and capacity predicates only. |
| B09 — Affiliate voting route B; answered text |
The corporation-level test and linked holder’s debtor-level test retain their separate bases and exceptions. C020; S002 § 101(2)(B). |
Each level’s qualifying relationship. |
One percentage proves the whole chain. |
Examine the complete statutory route without combining denominators. |
| B10 — Affiliate operation routes; answered text |
Routes (C) and (D) depend on their differently directed business/property operation and agreement predicates. C021–C022; S002. |
Lease/operating category; “substantially all” construction. |
A generic business relationship or assumed percentage suffices. |
Read a generic official explanation of § 101(2)(C)–(D); no agreements or entities. |
| B11 — Listed security; partial classification |
A named inclusion must be read with the full definition and exclusions. C023–C028; S002 § 101(49). |
Instrument category and controlling construction. |
Every item called a note, investment, or loan is conclusively covered. |
Trace the exact applicable inclusion and exclusion in current public law. |
| B12 — Registration/exemption limb; partial |
The (A)(xii) inclusion and (B)(vi) exclusion contain different cumulative registration/exemption conditions. C024, C028; S002, S012. |
Complete registration and implementing § 3(b) exemption chain. |
All investment contracts qualify, or a claimed exemption is established. |
Read the indispensable current Securities Act registration clause and implementing exemption text. |
| B13 — Commodity/forward exclusions; partial |
Current § 101(49) expressly excludes the specified categories, but classification needs incorporated definitions. C027, C029–C033; S002, S011. |
Latest § 761 body; Commodity Exchange Act definitions and § 19 coverage. |
An inaccessible incorporation means the exclusion vanished. |
Reopen the current official § 761 clauses, then narrowly read 7 U.S.C. §§ 1a and 23 as needed. |
| B14 — Forward-contract timing and master agreement; partial |
The >2-day limb, separate combinations/options, limited master-agreement coverage, and damages cap remain distinct. C030–C032; S002. |
Underlying category, counting convention, incorporated actors/valuation. |
All short-term arrangements are excluded or an entire master agreement is covered. |
Complete only the necessary § 101(25)/§ 761/§ 562 dependency. |
| B15 — Security versus consensual lien; answered boundary |
Security, security agreement, lien, and security interest are separate terms. C023–C028, C036–C038; S002. |
Any actual instrument/property status. |
“Security” automatically means collateral or a perfected lien. |
Read the specific public secured-status provision only if independently required. |
| B16 — Agreement existence and authority; unresolved application |
§ 510(a) recognizes enforceability only to the same extent as applicable nonbankruptcy law. C045–C046; S001. |
Agreement, authority, assent, scope, governing law. |
A heading or signature proves enforceable subordination. |
Identify the relevant generic nonbankruptcy formation/enforceability authority without examining a contract. |
| B17 — Governing law; unresolved |
Applicable nonbankruptcy law is an express condition, not a supplied jurisdiction. C045–C046; S001. |
Choice-of-law and jurisdiction predicates. |
Federal recognition chooses a State’s law or validates every clause. |
A separately bounded public-law inquiry into the relevant choice-of-law category. |
| B18 — Agreement qualification by other provisions; partial |
§ 510(c) and § 1129(b)(1) expressly qualify the agreement branch in their respective contexts. C053, C070; S001, S010. |
Equitable and complete confirmation requirements. |
An agreement is always controlling, or can always be ignored. |
Read the complete indispensable confirmation requirements only if that route is separately authorized. |
| B19 — Rescission claim; answered rule |
§ 510(b) requires the stated rescission/purchase-sale/security/debtor-or-affiliate connection. C048; S001–S002. |
Each causal and category predicate. |
Every rescission claim is subordinated under this clause. |
Examine only generic public construction of the statutory nexus and security category. |
| B20 — Damages claim; answered rule |
Damages must arise from purchase or sale of the specified security. C049; S001. |
Nature and causal basis of the claim. |
Every business loss, fraud allegation, or creditor claim qualifies. |
Read a scoped official explanation of “arising from” in this statutory context; judicial application remains held. |
| B21 — Debtor versus affiliate security; answered boundary |
The issuer connection may be debtor or qualifying affiliate; the alternatives are express. C019–C022, C048–C050; S001–S002. |
Security/issuer/affiliation predicates. |
Any related entity or any affiliate loss automatically qualifies. |
Complete the applicable § 101(2) route and § 101(49) category in public law. |
| B22 — Reimbursement/contribution; partial application |
The claim must be allowed under § 502 and on account of the specified security-related claim. C050, C061–C065; S001, S005. |
Allowance and underlying-claim connection. |
Payment or a reimbursement label guarantees allowance. |
Read the applicable § 502 allowance/disallowance clause and its narrow incorporation. |
| B23 — Contingency/fixing; answered rule |
§ 502(e)(1)’s grounds and timing govern to their stated extent; (e)(2) does not override (e)(1). C064–C065; S005. |
Status at allowance/disallowance; later fixing. |
Every contingent claim is forever barred, or later fixing guarantees allowance. |
Read the complete generic § 502(e) sequence and any indispensable procedural provision. |
| B24 — Subrogation alternatives; answered rule |
§ 509(a) payment-based subrogation is subject to (b) and (c); reimbursement/contribution status and receipt of consideration matter. C066–C067; S006. |
Payment, shared liability/security, consideration, allowance/subordination. |
A paying entity always acquires all creditor rights. |
Read the exact § 509 exclusion applicable to the legal category; no transaction facts. |
| B25 — Full-payment stopping condition; answered rule |
§ 509(c) uses the creditor’s full payment, through Title 11 or otherwise, as the stated end condition. C068; S006. |
Allowed status and payment completion. |
Partial payment ends the statutory subordination. |
Read any indispensable generic construction of § 509(c)’s stopping condition. |
| B26 — Rank comparator; answered rule |
§ 510(b) compares the specified claim with all senior-or-equal claims/interests relative to the security-represented position. C051; S001. |
Underlying rank and qualifying claim. |
The statute supplies a complete capital-structure waterfall. |
Read only the relevant separate statutory priority provision if later necessary. |
| B27 — Common-stock exception; answered rule |
The specified claim has the same priority as common stock if that is the security. C052; S001. |
Common-stock category and other predicates. |
The claim is below common stock or guaranteed an equal dollar recovery. |
Read a narrowly scoped official explanation of the common-stock category and rank distinction. |
| B28 — Allowed claim versus allowed interest; answered rule |
§ 510(c)(1) states claim-to-claim and interest-to-interest powers, each allowing all or part on both sides. C054–C055; S001. |
Allowed status and equitable basis. |
Unrestricted conversion of debt into equity or automatic total subordination. |
Read the indispensable allowance/classification authority for the abstract category. |
| B29 — Notice and opportunity; answered rule |
Appropriate notice and hearing opportunity are required by the construction rule. C057; S003. |
Applicable procedural rules and circumstances. |
The phrase requires no notice or one universal notice period. |
Read current generic Bankruptcy Rules governing the relevant proceeding, including Rule 7001’s scope if material. |
| B30 — No actual hearing; answered conditional rule |
Proper notice plus either the no-timely-request condition or the insufficient-time-and-court-authorization condition is required. C058; S003. |
Proper notice, request timing, urgency, authorization. |
Silence, urgency, or court preference alone satisfies every predicate. |
Read the complete applicable notice/service/hearing rule without calculating a deadline. |
| B31 — Equitable doctrine; unresolved construction |
The court’s power is under equitable-subordination principles, which § 510 does not enumerate fully. C053–C059; S001. |
Controlling judicial standard, burden, and scope. |
Any allegation of unfairness establishes the required doctrine. |
A separately scoped review of official generic treatment of § 510(c); no party/opinion identifier query in this pass. |
| B32 — Lien transfer; answered authority, application absent |
§ 510(c)(2) permits transfer to the estate of a lien securing such a subordinated claim. C056, C069; S001, S007. |
Lien, qualifying claim, order, property, chapter-specific terms. |
Subordination automatically voids the lien or transfers it to another creditor. |
Read the narrow § 541(a)(4)/§ 551 distinction if further required. |
| B33 — Allowance/rank/recovery; answered boundary |
Claim definition, allowance, subordination, lien treatment, and distribution are separate. C007–C009, C061–C069, C081–C082. |
Complete allowance/distribution predicates and all actual facts. |
A rank rule proves debt validity, full payment, or zero recovery. |
Read the exact generic § 506, § 507, § 726, or confirmation provision only when separately in scope. |
| B34 — Original enactments inaccessible; partial history |
Current credits and compiled historical text are usable only with their stated evidentiary limits. C071–C075; S014–S016. |
Readable original 1978/1984 main Act pages. |
Failed retrieval proves repeal, absence, or original-text verification. |
Open an ordinarily accessible official scan of the exact Act clauses; retain existing failures. |
| B35 — 1984 application/renumbering; partial history |
The compiled 90-day clause is distinct from the independently read renumbering Act and its dates. C073–C074; S015–S016. |
Original application page; complete specialized exception chain. |
Publication date alone establishes application to every case. |
Read original § 553, later § 552, and only the relevant application exception. |
| B36 — 2005/2006 definition history; answered selected clauses |
Selected definition changes have their own enacted clauses and application limits. C076–C080; S017–S018. |
Complete intervening/later chain and any actual temporal predicate. |
These Acts amended § 510 itself or apply retroactively without qualification. |
Read only subsequent adopted changes to the relied-on definition limb. |
| B37 — Procedure/remedy/other law; unresolved or excluded |
No complete positive remedy, standing, immunity, jurisdiction, or nonbankruptcy-law conclusion is supplied by this pass. C046, C083; S001–S018. |
Separate complete authorities. |
Automatic damages, cancellation, avoidance, discharge, or enforceability. |
Read the exact public procedural/remedial authority only in a separately bounded component. |
| B38 — Actual facts and A094 parent; excluded by scope |
Generic categories and authority do not establish an actual capital structure, priority, allocation, or outcome. C081–C084. |
All actual party, agreement, instrument, claim, asset, case, and distribution facts. |
This report is a claim assessment, financial decision, or recommendation. |
Continue only with another expressly scoped generic public-law component; no identifying records or scenarios. |