Written by
Paul Egan
GANNETT NEWS SERVICE
LANSING — An Ingham County judge says Thursday's historic Detroit bankruptcy filing violates the Michigan constitution and state law and must be withdrawn.
Gov. Rick Snyder and Detroit Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr must take no further actions that threaten to diminish the pension benefits of city of Detroit retirees, Judge Rosemarie Aquilina said today in a spate of orders arising from three separate lawsuits.
“I have some very serious concerns because there was this rush to bankruptcy court that didn’t have to occur and shouldn’t have occurred,” Aquilina said.
“Plaintiffs shouldn’t have been blindsided,” and “this process shouldn’t have been ignored.”
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