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Default Interest Rates are Presumed Reasonable Under Sec. 506(b), and a Bankruptcy Court May Not Use the Fair and Equitable Language of Sec. 1129(b) to Conclude Otherwise

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BAP 2016), the Ninth Circuit BAP concluded that the fair and equitable standards for confirmation deal with treatment of an allowed claim post-confirmation, but that allowance of an oversecured claim is governed by § 506(b). The BAP held the bankruptcy court erred In using § 1129(b) to deny Wells Fargo default interest on its claim.