Bankruptcy Judge Thomas Tucker will take over Detroit’s landmark bankruptcy case today following the retirement of Bankruptcy Judge Steven Rhodes, the Detroit News reported today. Judge Tucker, a federal bankruptcy judge since 2003, was named the successor Wednesday by R. Guy Cole Jr., Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit in Cincinnati. Judge Tucker will resolve lingering disputes over claims in the biggest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history and enforce the city’s plan to shed $7 billion in debt, restructure another $3 billion and plow $1.7 billion into improved services. The city emerged from bankruptcy in early December.
