Penney filed this past Monday asking a Delaware judge to declare it is not in default on its bond agreements.

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The judge's action, on appeal, could be construed as putting Greyhound in technical default on a credit line.

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The barrister claimed the Secretary of State made an error in law by persistently interpreting the trial judge's conclusions as identifying no serious police default.

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