(January 8, 2018, 8:44 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — A group of Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) employees on Dec. 22 filed a petition for writ of certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court, contending that it should reinstate the ruling of a Michigan federal judge who dismissed the complaint brought against the MDEQ by residents of Flint, Mich., who contended that the MDEQ employees were liable for the lead-contaminated water crisis in that city (Daniel Wyant, et al. v. Melissa Mays, et al., No. 17-901, U.S. Sup.)....