5th Circuit Orders Rehearing En Banc In Jackson Water Crisis Litigation

( February 20, 2026, 4:35 PM EST) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals on Feb. 19 ordered rehearing en banc of a divided panel’s November ruling on the appeal brought by residents of Jackson, Miss., who challenged the dismissal of their claims for violation of bodily integrity and state-created danger related to the city’s lead-contaminated water crisis....