City of Chester, Pennsylvania

  1. March 06, 2024

    Sewer Deal Kept On Ice During Appeal In Philly Suburb's Ch. 9

    A Philadelphia bankruptcy judge Wednesday rejected a utility's latest effort to lift the automatic stay triggered by the City of Chester's Chapter 9 bankruptcy, which has delayed a $276.5 million sewer sale, saying it would require her to answer questions that are on appeal from a similar motion she nixed last year.

  2. January 29, 2024

    Split Pa. Justices Let Bankrupt City's Receiver Keep Power

    Pennsylvania's Supreme Court on Monday split over a state-appointed receiver's ability to restrict the administrative powers of elected city officials, affirming an order that let the receiver take control of the troubled town of Chester's finances and day-to-day operations.

  3. November 01, 2023

    Bankrupt Philly Suburb Wins $1.45M It Pledged To Bondholder

    A Pennsylvania federal judge on Wednesday ruled that certain revenues going to the bankrupt city of Chester were not subject to liens and therefore should not be diverted to pay down its municipal bonds, directing $1.45 million of disputed funds to be turned over to the city.

  4. October 18, 2023

    Philly Suburb Officials Told To Ask State Court For Ch. 9 Fees

    A Pennsylvania bankruptcy court judge told the elected officials of Chester, Pennsylvania, on Wednesday that they will have to go to state court with their attempt to make the city's state-appointed receiver pay the more than $84,000 in legal fees they've racked up in the bankruptcy case.

  5. August 15, 2023

    Bankrupt Pa. City Reneged On Retirees' Atty Fees, Court Told

    The bankrupt city of Chester, Pennsylvania, shouldn't get to pull a "bait and switch" to get out of its responsibility to pay half a million dollars' worth of legal fees of retired city workers, its largest group of creditors, the retirees have told a Pennsylvania bankruptcy court.

  6. June 13, 2023

    Chester, Pa. Water Authority Customers Can't Form Committee

    A Pennsylvania bankruptcy judge ruled in favor of the bankrupt city of Chester on two of its requests Tuesday, giving Chester permission to pay fees to lawyers and other professionals and quashing a bid from customers of the city's water authority to form a committee representing their interests.

  7. May 15, 2023

    Judge Keeps Pause In Place For Pa. Sewage Plant Sale

    A Pennsylvania bankruptcy judge Monday said she won't unpause proceedings on the sale of a sewage treatment plant in the bankrupt Pennsylvania city of Chester, saying disputes over the rights to the pipes feeding into the plant are likely to spiral into litigation.

  8. March 15, 2023

    Judge Upholds Ch. 9 Restructuring Bid For Struggling Pa. City

    In a ruling that found Chester, Pennsylvania, a near-poster child for the municipal debt restructuring protections of the Bankruptcy Code, a state bankruptcy judge has rejected multiple objections to a city receiver's bid for Chapter 9 debtor eligibility.

  9. February 27, 2023

    Bankrupt Pa. City Gets OK To Reject Key Parking Contract

    A judge Monday gave the bankrupt city of Chester, Pennsylvania, permission to reject its private parking enforcement contract and said the bankruptcy stay will block the sale of a sewage plant unless the city and the buyer can work out who will own which pipes.

  10. February 13, 2023

    Pa. City's Receiver Empowered To File Ch. 9, Court Told

    Counsel for the receiver appointed to handle the finances of Chester, Pennsylvania, argued during a hearing Monday in federal court that he had the authority to seek bankruptcy on behalf of the city without its elected officials' say-so.