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Bankruptcy

Mar. 29, 2013

Stockton urges court to approve Chapter 9 bankruptcy protection

Stockton bargained with bondholders in good faith and deserves protection under municipal bankruptcy law, the cash-strapped city's attorneys argued in the third and final day of a major municipal bankruptcy hearing Wednesday.


By Paul Jones and Laura Hautala


Daily Journal Staff Writers


SACRAMENTO - Stockton bargained with bondholders in good faith and deserves protection under bankruptcy law, the cash-strapped city's attorneys argued Wednesday in the third and final day of a trial to determine the fate of its Chapter 9 bankruptcy petition.


Stockton, which filed for bankruptcy in June after negotiations with several of its major creditors f...

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