(September 12, 2017, 12:02 PM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A split panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Sept. 11 affirmed a district court’s ruling and held that a lawsuit brought by residents of Flint, Mich., against the city and state environmental quality employees relating to the lead-contaminated drinking water crisis in the city belongs in state court (Melissa Mays, et al. v. City of Flint, Mich., et al., No. 16-2484, 6th Cir.; 2017 U.S. App. LEXIS 17502)....