(November 18, 2016, 1:06 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A divided panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Nov. 16 remanded to state court a class action lawsuit brought by residents of Flint, Mich., against engineering firms that were involved in making the decision to switch the city’s drinking water source to the Flint River, resulting in lead-contaminated drinking water, finding that the local controversy exception to the Class Action Fairness Act of 2005 (CAFA) requires the case to be tried in state court (Jennifer Mason, et al. v. Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam PC, et al., No. 16-2313, 6th Cir.; 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 20554)....