- 11 U.S.C.
In re City of Harrisburg
Dec
05
2011
Ruling
Chapter 9 case dismissed where city was not specifically authorized by Commonwealth to file for bankruptcy.
Procedural posture
Petitioning debtor, the city council of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, filed a petition for bankruptcy relief under chapter 9. Various parties, including the mayor and the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, filed objections, seeking to have the petition dismissed, asserting the council lacked the authority to take such action, and that the city was not specifically authorized to be a debtor as required by 11 U.S.C.S. § 109(c)(2).
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