U.S. Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Flint Water Crisis Appeal On Jurisdiction Issue

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The U.S. Supreme Court on April 16 denied a petition for certiorari filed by an employee of the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ), who contended that the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals erred when it held that a lawsuit brought by residents of Flint, Mich., relating to the lead-contaminated drinking water crisis in the city belongs in state court (Patrick Cook v. Melissa Mays, et al., No. 17-1144, U.S. Sup.).
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