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Discontinued Operations (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2018
Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Abstract] |
Results of discontinued operations [Table Text Block] | Results from discontinued operations were as follows during the years ended December 31, 2018, 2017 and 2016:
| Successor | Predecessor
| Year Ended December 31, 2018 |  | April 2 through December 31, 2017 | January 1 through April 1, 2017 |  | Year Ended December 31, 2016
| (Dollars in millions)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of income taxes | $ | 18.1 |  |  | $ | (19.8 | ) | $ | (16.2 | ) |  | $ | (57.6 | )
Disposal Groups, Including Discontinued Operations [Table Text Block] | Assets and liabilities classified as discontinued operations included in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets were as follows:
| December 31, 2018 |  | December 31, 2017
| (Dollars in millions)
Assets: |  |  |
Other current assets | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.3 |
Total assets classified as discontinued operations | $ | — |  |  | $ | 0.3 |
Liabilities: |  |  |
Accounts payable and accrued expenses | $ | 54.0 |  |  | $ | 70.6 |
Other noncurrent liabilities | 141.1 |  |  | 170.0 |
Total liabilities classified as discontinued operations | $ | 195.1 |  |  | $ | 240.6 |

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