Biggest Chapter 11 Cases

When financial services company CIT Group announced they were filing for bankruptcy, the company joined the ranks of the largest companies in history to do so. Take a look at ten of the biggest corporate filings in US bankruptcy court, based on pre-bankruptcy assets. Source: BankruptcyData.comUpdated Nov. 2, 2009

Photo: Ernie McClellan Pre-Bankruptcy Assets: $691 billion Date Filed: Sept. 15, 2008

Photo: AP Assets: $327.9 billion Date Filed: Sept. 26, 2008

Photo: AP Assets: $103.9 billionDate Filed: July 21, 2002

Photo: AP Pre-Bankruptcy Assets: $91 billion Date Filed: June 1, 2009

Photo: Getty Images Pre-Bankruptcy Assets: $71 billion Date Filed: Nov. 1, 2009

Assets: $65.5 billionDate Filed: Dec. 2, 2001  Related Content:Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room

Assets: $61.4 billionDate Filed: Dec. 17, 2002

Photo: AP Pre-Bankruptcy Assets: $39.3 billion Date Filed: April 30, 2009

Pre-Bankruptcy Assets: $36.5 billion Date Filed: May 1, 2009

Photo: Wiki Commons | Kevin Collins Assets: $36.2 billion Date Filed: April 6, 2001