The number of cities since 2006 where lawsuits played an important role in eventual bankruptcy filings. Municipal bankruptcies are generally rare, but legal decisions have contributed majorly to 30 percent of them over the last decade.
Natalie Delgadillo is an editor and writer living in Washington, D.C. Her work has appeared in the Washington Post, Bloomberg's CityLab, and The Atlantic. She was previously the managing editor of DCist.
