Life Insurance Co. of Virginia v. Barakat (In Re Barakat)

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• recognizing the “need to have a starting point from which legal analysis could begin and a way to avoid the repeated litigation of identical issues in different cases”
• discussing the doctrine of stare decisis as it relates to Bankruptcy Appellate Panel, District Court, and Circuit Court opinions
• inasmuch as former tenant owed security deposit is not a creditor with a “true interest in reorganization,” his acceptance should not permit imposition of “cram down” reorganization on principal creditor

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