Judge Dismisses Jackson Water Case, Says Constitutional Violation Not Established

(June 13, 2024, 1:30 PM EDT) -- JACKSON, Miss. — A federal judge in Mississippi has dismissed claims for violation of bodily integrity and state-created danger brought by residents against the city of Jackson, and it has dismissed all claims against individual plaintiffs, related to the drinking water contamination in that city because the plaintiffs did not establish a “facially plausible constitutional violation.” The remaining claims against the city and an engineering firm for negligence remain active....