Our client was charged by state prosecutors as one of several individuals, including a former Governor, with criminal offenses related to the so-called Flint water crisis, after reports of high childhood blood lead levels following a failure in the City of Flint’s water system infrastructure. After extensive court hearings, a newly elected Attorney General dismissed pending charges and obtained appointment of a state court judge as a One-Man-Grand Juror to investigate. The judge eventually filed indictments with an intent to preclude the usual practice of preliminary examinations before trial. The Michigan Supreme Court ruled unanimously that state laws authorizing appointment of a judge as a grand juror do not empower the judge to indict and require preliminary examinations whenever a charge in any form follows after a one-man grand juror investigation. All charges were dismissed.