(December 14, 2018, 8:46 AM EST) -- GREENVILLE, Miss. — The companies being sued for groundwater contamination as a result of chemicals released from their manufacturing plants on Nov. 28 filed a brief in Mississippi federal court contending that the court should deny the plaintiffs’ motion to disqualify the defendants’ counsel because the plaintiffs make “misleading and irrelevant allegations” (Joe E. Sledge, et al. v. Meritor Inc., et al., No. 16-CV-053, N.D. Miss.)....