( August 14, 2025, 11:35 AM EDT) -- CINCINNATI — A sharply divided Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has denied a petition for rehearing en banc in a groundwater contamination lawsuit against federal agencies and Michigan state agencies related to lead XE "lead" pollution in drinking water in the city of Benton Harbor. In a concurrence and two dissents, the judges levelled claims at each other that included a contention by one judge that the majority decision denying rehearing “brazenly defies Supreme Court precedent.”...