Legal Opinion

In Re City of Bridgeport

United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut

Decided June 20, 1991No. 19-20349PublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON MOTION FOR INTERVENTION OR, IN THE ALTERNATIVE, AMICUS CURIAE STATUS

ALAN H.W. SHIFF, Bankruptcy Judge.

I

On June 6, 1991, the City of Bridgeport, Connecticut filed a petition under chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code. On June 12, the State of Connecticut and the Bridgeport Financial Review Board (the “Board”) 1 filed an objection to Bridgeport’s petition on the grounds that the City is not authorized to be a debtor by State law, the City is not insolvent, and the petition was filed in bad faith. 2

The Connecticut Conference of Municipalities (“CCM”) is an unincorporated…

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