The Daily Docket: Patriot Coal Enters Chapter 11

Patriot Coal Corp. filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday, becoming the largest casualty of the worst U.S. market for the power-plant fuel in decades. Read the Daily Bankruptcy Review article here.

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