IN RE CITY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN

Nos. 15-2194/2337/2353/2371/2379.

838 F.3d 792 (2016)

IN RE: CITY OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, Debtor. William Ochadleus, et al. (15-2194); John P. Quinn (15-2337); Dennis Taubitz and Irma Industrious (15-2353); Lucinda Darrah (15-2371); William Davis (15-2379), Appellants, v. City of Detroit, Michigan, et al., Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: October 3, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Jamie S. Fields , Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants in 15-2194. John P. Quinn , Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant in 15-2337. Dennis Taubitz , Irma Industrious, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, for Appellants in 15-2353. Marc N. Swanson , Miller Canfield Paddock & Stone PLC, Detroit, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: Jamie S. Fields , Detroit, Michigan, for Appellants in 15-2194. John P. Quinn , Detroit, Michigan, for Appellant in 15-2337. Dennis Taubitz , Irma Industrious, St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, for Appellants in 15-2353. Heather Lennox , Jones Day, Cleveland, Ohio, Beth Heifetz , Anthony J. Dick , G. Ryan Snyder , Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Appellees. Lucinda J. Darrah, Detroit, Michigan, pro se, in 15-2371. William Davis, Detroit, Michigan, pro se, in 15-2379.

BATCHELDER, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which McKEAGUE, J., joined. MOORE, J. (pp. 805-14), delivered a separate dissenting opinion.


OPINION

This appeal arises out of the City of Detroit, Michigan's municipal bankruptcy under Chapter 9 of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 109(c). In resolving its bankruptcy, the City crafted a complex network of settlements and agreements with its thousands of creditors and stakeholders, memorialized...

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