Split 6th Circuit Vacates, Says Flint Defendants’ 5th Amendment Rights Remain

Mealey's (November 10, 2022, 12:54 PM EST) -- CINCINNATI — A divided panel of the Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals vacated and remanded a lower court decision, saying it had erroneously held that witnesses in the Flint water crisis litigation who testified in pretrial depositions waived their right to invoke their privilege under the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution against self-incrimination at a later trial in the same case....