Firms Ask High Court To Hear Flint Water Lawsuit; Residents Say Court Should Refuse

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The engineering firms asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case against residents of Flint, Mich., regarding liability for the lead-contaminated water crisis in that city on May 22 filed their reply brief contending that the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals' decision that a plaintiff may obtain remand under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) without evidence of class members' citizenship results in a circuit split that is "stark and wide." The Flint residents who brought the initial lawsuit say the Supreme Court should refused to hear the case (Lockwood Andrews& Newnam P.C. v. Jennifer Mason, et al., No. 16-1092, U.S. Sup.).
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