Firm Gets Extension In Flint Water Crisis Appeal To U.S. Supreme Court

WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan on Jan. 18 granted the application for an extension of time for an engineering firm to file a petition for writ of certiorari to appeal a decision by the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals that the local controversy exception to the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) requires a lawsuit brought by a class of residents in Flint, Mich., pertaining to its lead-contaminated water crisis to be tried in state court (Lockwood, Andrews& Newnam PC v. Jennifer Mason, et al., No. 16A701, U.S. Sup.).
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