Detroit’s bankruptcy judge will hear some legal arguments one month earlier than planned about why the record-setting, $18 billion case should be thrown out, Bloomberg News reported yesterday. Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes will also block objections related to any potential cuts to city-worker pensions until later on in the case, saying that fight should wait until a plan to adjust the city’s debt has been filed. Any objections to the city’s bankruptcy that don’t involve a dispute over facts, only the interpretation of legal issues raised by creditors, will be heard on Sept. 18 in federal court in Detroit, Judge Rhodes said in an order released yesterday. The original hearing on eligibility, set for Oct. 23, will remain unchanged and will be reserved for disputes over facts.
