Organizations that objected to Detroit's bankruptcy separately asked the U.S. judge overseeing the case yesterday to allow an appeal of the case to go directly to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Reuters reported today. Groups led by Detroit's largest union - Michigan Council 25 of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees - and the city's two pension funds filed requests with the bankruptcy court to bypass the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan and go directly to the appeals court. "The Sixth Circuit eventually will decide whether the City is eligible to be a chapter 9 debtor," attorneys representing the pension funds wrote in their motion. AFSCME in another filing had previously asked UBankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes to allow an appeal directly to the Sixth Circuit, but in his ruling on Tuesday, Judge Rhodes said any motions for a direct appeal must be separately submitted to the bankruptcy court.
