Detroit Judge Approves Retiree Panel as Ex-Workers Picket
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Detroit needs a committee as soon as possible to represent retired public employees in the city’s record municipal bankruptcy, a judge said as he pushed lawyers to avoid slowing the pace of the case.
In comments and rulings yesterday at a hearing in federal court in Detroit, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes made clear he will impose deadlines that one lawyer said “may be extremely aggressive.” Rhodes ordered the retiree panel set up within 21 days by the U.S. Trustee, the arm of the U.S. Justice Department that monitors business and municipal bankruptcies.