DAVENPORT v. LOCKWOOD, ANDREWS & NEWNAM, INC.

No. 17-1200.

854 F.3d 905 (2017)

Tiffany DAVENPORT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. LOCKWOOD, ANDREWS & NEWNAM, INC., et al., Defendants, Veolia Water North America Operating Services, LLC, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: April 25, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON BRIEF: John A. K. Grunert , CAMPBELL, CAMPBELL, EDWARDS & CONROY, P.C., Boston, Massachusetts, Cheryl A. Bush , Michael R. Williams , BUSH SEYFERTH & PAIGE PLLC, Troy, Michigan, for Appellant. Emmy L. Levens , COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellees.

Before: NORRIS, BATCHELDER, and GIBBONS, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

This case arises out of defendant Veolia Water North America Operating Services, LLC's ("Veolia") and other defendants' allegedly negligent conduct in connection with the Flint, Michigan water crisis. The sole issue on appeal is the meaning of "other class actions" under the local controversy...

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