(December 19, 2016, 10:47 AM EST) -- DETROIT — A group of defendants in the lawsuit brought by residents of Flint, Mich., pertaining to the city’s lead-contaminated drinking water crisis on Dec. 7 filed a brief, arguing that they have moved properly for reassignment of a companion case under the local rules for the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Melissa Mays, et al. v. Gov. Rick Snyder, et al., No. 15-14002, E.D. Mich.)....