Lawsuits

The county has so far prevailed in legal arguments that it is not responsible for making up revenue shortfalls on shopping center bonds.

Laura Taylor Swain said she will decide some of the bond insurers' arguments when she resolves continuing adversary proceedings.

The public-private partnership Alabama is using to build three new prisons is estimated to cost nearly $2.64 billion over 30 years, up from $900 million.

Briefs from the U.S. Department of Transportation and the passenger railroad argue that private activity bonds for the Florida project were allocated correctly.

A Missouri appellate court agreed with a lower court that the county's pledge in financing agreements isn't a legally enforceable promise to make up debt service shortfalls

A preliminary settlement would resolve claims against Michigan by Flint residents over the city's 2014 lead-in-water contamination crisis.

A judge ruled Monday that the facts of the case supported a finding the defendants broke the law.

The state's highest court unanimously ruled that a law Gov. Phil Murphy spearheaded to authorize up to $9.9 billion of bonds is constitutional.

Without giving a reason, Florida’s bond-funded passenger rail developer severed ties with Virgin and said the train system’s name will revert to Brightline.

Under a court-approved consent decree, the impoverished south Chicago suburb will keep 90% of pledged tax revenues as it works on a debt restructuring.

Moody's Investors Service says the appellate court decision could impede the state government's flexibility in dealing with coronavirus-driven budget woes.

Without commenting on the legal merits laid out so far in the case, an appellate court panel concluded the lawsuit met the threshold to proceed as a taxpayer action.

The Florida Department of Transportation continues litigation in an attempt to terminate the Miami-Dade County Expressway Authority.

UMB's appeal of a lower court decision siding with Platte County over its legal obligation to honor an appropriation pledge is being heard Wednesday

The California Supreme Court upheld the state's 2013 pension reform, but said its ruling is not a reexamination of the "California Rule" on public pensions.

Jacksonville-owned JEA and Georgia-based MEAG agreed to settle litigation over JEA's agreement to buy power from reactors under construction in Georgia.

South Carolina-owned Santee Cooper must pay $200 million to ratepayers and impose a four-year rate freeze to end a suit over a failed nuclear reactor project.

“I absolutely do intend on refilling my complaint,” Andrew Hennigan told The Bond Buyer.

The legal tussle between the Dallas-based private lender and the Chicago-based investment powerhouse continues with defamation and antitrust claims pending in separate courts.

Tribal leaders, after a landmark win at the Supreme Court, decided not to rush into a deal with the state to seek jurisdictional clarity from Congress.