JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) – Jackson is seeking a rehearing in a case alleging the city knowingly allowed people to drink water contaminated with lead.
On Monday, the city asked for a rehearing before the entire U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, days after a three-member panel overturned a lower court’s ruling dismissing the matter.
The city argues that the rehearing is appropriate, saying the panel went against years of court precedent by allowing the suit to go forward under the “state-created danger doctrine.”…