Judge Kevin Carey of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Wilmington, Del. has ruled that Sam Zell should be the very last creditor to get money in any payout from the Tribune bankruptcy proceeding. The judge found that "Mr. Zell's investment ranked dead last in the Chapter 11 payment priority competition, 'at the bottom of Tribune's capital structure,'" the Wall Street Journal reports.
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