HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The attorney for Harrisburg City
Council says he has filed an appeal of a judge’s decision to throw out
the bankruptcy petition of Pennsylvania’s debt-choked capital city.
Mark
Schwartz says in an email the appeal was filed Saturday with the U.S.
District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Last
month, federal bankruptcy Judge Mary France ruled Harrisburg may not
seek bankruptcy protection, calling such a filing illegal. That ruling
cleared the way for the state to take over the city.
Schwartz says he feels the decision "was in error" and that the case could end up in the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Harrisburg
is saddled with about $300 million in debt tied to its nearly
40-year-old trash incinerator. Beset by environmental problems and fines
for years, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shut it down in 2003
with about $100 million in debt already piled on it, some of which had
gone to finance other city projects.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — The attorney for Harrisburg City
Council says he has filed an appeal of a judge’s decision to throw out
the bankruptcy petition of Pennsylvania’s debt-choked capital city.
Mark
Schwartz says in an email the appeal was filed Saturday with the U.S.
District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania.
Last
month, federal bankruptcy Judge Mary France ruled Harrisburg may not
seek bankruptcy protection, calling such a filing illegal. That ruling
cleared the way for the state to take over the city.
Schwartz says he feels the decision "was in error" and that the case could end up in the U.S.
Supreme Court.
Harrisburg
is saddled with about $300 million in debt tied to its nearly
40-year-old trash incinerator. Beset by environmental problems and fines
for years, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency shut it down in 2003
with about $100 million in debt already piled on it, some of which had
gone to finance other city projects.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press.