(May 23, 2017, 2:37 PM EDT) -- WASHINGTON, D.C. — The engineering firms asking the U.S. Supreme Court to hear their case against residents of Flint, Mich., regarding liability for the lead-contaminated water crisis in that city on May 22 filed their reply brief contending that the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals’ decision that a plaintiff may obtain remand under the Class Action Fairness Act (CAFA) without evidence of class members’ citizenship results in a circuit split that is “stark and wide” (Lockwood Andrews & Newnam P.C. v. Jennifer Mason, No. 16-1092, U.S. Sup.)....