IN RE FLINT WATER CASES

No. 20-1352.

960 F.3d 820 (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, et al., Defendants, Richard Dale Snyder, former Governor of Michigan; Andy Dillon, former Treasurer of Michigan, Defendants-Appellants, Veolia North America, Inc., Veolia North America, LLC, Veolia North America Operating Services, LLC, Intervenors-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 2, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ON MOTIONS: Richard S. Kuhl , Margaret Bettenhausen , Nathan A. Gambill , OFFICE OF THE MICHIGAN ATTORNEY GENERAL, Lansing, Michigan, for Appellants. ON RESPONSE: Emmy L. Levens , COHEN MILSTEIN SELLERS & TOLL PLLC, Washington, D.C., Paul Novak , Gregory Stamatopoulos , WEITZ & LUXENBERG, P.C., Detroit, Michigan, for Plaintiffs-Appellees. James M. Campbell , CAMPBELL CONROY & O'NEIL, P.C., Boston, Massachusetts, for Veolia Appellees.

Before: MERRITT, MOORE, and MURPHY, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

Former State of Michigan Governor Richard Dale Snyder and former State Treasurer Andy Dillon claim that they cannot be deposed as non-party fact witnesses with respect to claims against other defendants in the litigation stemming from the Flint Water Crisis. In their view, they are immune from...

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