U.S. Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Flint Water Crisis Cases Related To Federal Law

Mealey's (March 19, 2018, 10:31 AM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Supreme Court on March 19 denied certiorari in three consolidated cases involving the Flint, Mich., lead-contaminated water crisis, in which the petitioners had contended that the claims brought by residents who said they had been injured were preempted by the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), 42 U.S.C. § 300f (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.)....