(March 2, 2018, 10:17 AM EST) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The city of Flint, Mich., on Feb. 16 filed a reply brief in the U.S. Supreme Court contending that the original claims brought by residents pertaining to the lead-contaminated water crisis in that city are preempted by Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) and the city’s petition before the Supreme Court “raised questions of national importance warranting certiorari” (Daniel Wyant, et al. v. Melissa Mays, et al., No. 17-901, Jeff Wright, et al. v. Melissa Mays, et al., No. 17-666, and City of Flint, et al. v. Beatrice Boler, et al., No. 17-989, U.S. Sup.)....