Archive: Legal Challenges
Orr’s Legacy: Lawsuits?
It’s never too early to forecast a legacy, and in today’s Detroit News, guest columnist Paul Alexander boldly predicts...
Midweek Medley: Three important stories about Detroit
Is $6.2 billion really missing from municipal revenue sharing in Michigan? What's the status of Detroit's bus system? Will...
Bankruptcy Appeals: City wants consolidation, employees want faster decisions
Back in February, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to hear a set of challenges from employee unions...
Michigan Radio: Explaining the DIA’s history and the “grand bargain”
In a look at the history of the Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit Free Press reporter Mark Stryker also...
Detroit’s Plan of Adjustment: Breaking it down for pensioners
What’s on Carole Neville’s mind about Detroit’s Plan of Adjustment? Plenty, says the attorney representing the official retirees’ committee...
Trial Delayed: Judge moves Detroit case to July date
After hearing from attorneys objecting to the first scheduled Detroit bankruptcy case timeline as too compressed, Judge Steven Rhodes...
Third time a charm?: New pensions swaps deal scheduled for hearing
A federal bankruptcy judge who vetoed two previous deals between Detroit and lenders to settle hundreds of millions of...
Michigan Radio: No, Chinese buyers are NOT buying up Detroit
Since Detroit filed for bankruptcy last summer, there have been lots of stories going around about major Chinese money...
From the Arab-American News: NAACP leader analyzes Detroit bankruptcy
For more than two decades, the Rev. Wendell Anthony has led the Detroit NAACP, the country's largest chapter. He...
Michigan Radio: PoA on fast track, creditors objecting
Reporter Sarah Cwiek, at our Detroit Journalism Cooperative partner, found a group of residents, retirees and activists picking up...
From the Weekend: Detroit readings not to miss
The Detroit Free Press had a slew of stories over the weekend related to the city's bankruptcy. Here's the...
A Detroit Lesson: Washington Post weighs in on what’s next
Much has been made of the pensions versus art, Detroit creditors versus everyone in the city's bankruptcy case. The...