Ex-Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr
The emergency manager law has played out with mixed results in Michigan.
But in the courts, it continues to get support.
The U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals let stand Michigan’s Financial Manager Law in a ruling Monday. An 18-page opinion notes:
Michigan has a long history of municipal financial crises following national and global economic depressions and recessions. According to plaintiffs’ amended complaint, Michigan had the fourth-highest number of defaulting municipalities among all states during the Great Depression.
The act is generally perceived as a failure in Flint, resulting in the water crisis. In Detroit, it's seen by many as a success, though it had its share of critics who said it took away rights of citizens. Some argued that the city could have still filed bankruptcy without installing Emergency Manager Kevyn Orr.
Read the ruling here.
