Fifth Circuit upholds dismissal in Jackson lead-water suit
Image: Primary The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed dismissal of a lawsuit alleging that Jackson, Mississippi, knowingly allowed residents to drink lead-contaminated water. Plaintiffs argued that contamination and the alleged withholding of toxicity information violated constitutional bodily integrity. The court held that the alleged deprivations did not infringe a deeply rooted constitutional right and said there is no constitutional right to truthful official information during a public-health crisis.
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