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IN RE FLINT WATER CASES

Nos. 19-1425/1472/1477/1533.

960 F.3d 303 (2020)

IN RE: FLINT WATER CASES. Luke Waid, Parent and Next-Friend of SR, a minor, et al., Plaintiffs, Elnora Carthan et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Darnell Earley, Gerald Ambrose, Howard Croft, Michael Glasgow, Daugherty Johnson, and City of Flint, Michigan; Richard Dale Snyder, former Governor of Michigan, Andy Dillon, former Treasurer of Michigan, and Gretchen Whitmer, present Governor of Michigan; Liane Shekter-Smith, Stephen Busch, Patrick Cook, Michael Prysby, and Bradley Wurfel; and Adam Rosenthal, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: May 22, 2020.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Y. Kim , CITY OF FLINT LAW DEPARTMENT, Flint, Michigan, for Appellant City of Flint, and Christopher J. Marker , O'NEIL, WALLACE & DOYLE, P.C., Saginaw, Michigan, for Appellant Glasgow in 19-1425. Margaret A. Bettenhausen , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan for Appellants in 19-1472. Charles E. Barbieri , FOSTER, SWIFT, COLLINS & SMITH, P.C., Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants in 19-1477. James A. Fajen , FAJEN AND MILLER, PLLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellant in 19-1533. Samuel R. Bagenstos , Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: William Y. Kim , CITY OF FLINT LAW DEPARTMENT, Flint, Michigan, Frederick A. Berg, Jr. , BUTZEL LONG, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, Sheldon H. Klein , Joseph E. Richotte , BUTZEL LONG, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, Christopher J. Marker , O'NEIL, WALLACE & DOYLE, P.C., Saginaw, Michigan, Todd R. Perkins , THE PERKINS LAW GROUP PLLC, Detroit, Michigan, Alexander S. Rusek , WHITE LAW, PLLC, Okemos, Michigan, Barry A. Wolf , Flint, Michigan, Edwar A. Zeineh , LAW OFFICE OF EDWAR A. ZEINEH, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants in 19-1425. Margaret A. Bettenhausen , Richard S. Kuhl , Nathan A. Gambill , Zachary C. Larsen , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan for Appellants in 19-1472. Charles E. Barbieri , FOSTER, SWIFT, COLLINS & SMITH, P.C., Lansing, Michigan, Michael J. Pattwell , Jay M. Berger , CLARK HILL PLC, Lansing, Michigan, Thaddeus E. Morgan , FRASER, TREBILCOCK, DAVIS & DUNLAP, Lansing, Michigan, Philip A. Grashoff, Jr. , SMITH HAUGHEY RICE & ROEGGE, Grand Rapids, Michigan, for Appellants in 19-1477. James A. Fajen , FAJEN AND MILLER, PLLC, Ann Arbor, Michigan, James W. Burdick , BURDICK LAW, P.C., Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, for Appellant in 19-1533. Samuel R. Bagenstos , Ann Arbor, Michigan, for Appellees.

MOORE, J., delivered the opinion of the court in which MERRITT, J., joined. MURPHY, J. (pp. 335-39), delivered a separate opinion concurring in the judgment in part and dissenting in part.

CONCURRING IN THE JUDGMENT IN PART AND DISSENTING IN PART

OPINION

This is a case about the Flint Water Crisis. From 2014 to 2015, City of Flint and Michigan State officials caused, sustained, and covered up the poisoning of an entire community with lead- and legionella-contaminated water...

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