Legal Opinion
In Re City of Bridgeport
United States Bankruptcy Court, D. Connecticut
Decided July 22, 1991No. 14-30346PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ON THE OBJECTION OF THE STATE OF CONNECTICUT TO CHAPTER 9 PETITION
ALAN H.W. SHIFF, Bankruptcy Judge.
BACKGROUND
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 1 (together “the State”) filed an objection to the petition, see 11 U.S.C. § 921(c), 2 asserting, inter alia, 3 that Bridgeport was not authorized to be a debtor by state law, see 11 U.S.C. § 109(c)(2), 4 and that the petition should be dismissed. The narrow issue addressed here…
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3Cited by13 opinions
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