Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers | |
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Argued November 28, 2017 Decided February 21, 2018 | |
Full case name | Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Paul Somers |
Docket no. | 16-1276 |
Citations | 583 U.S. ___ ( more ) 138 S. Ct. 767; 200 L. Ed. 2d 15 |
Case history | |
Prior | 850 F.3d 1045 (9th Cir. 2017); cert. granted, 137 S. Ct. 2300 (2017). |
Subsequent | On remand, 886 F.3d 1300 (9th Cir. 2018). |
Court membership | |
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Case opinions | |
Majority | Ginsburg, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan |
Concurrence | Sotomayor, joined by Breyer |
Concurrence | Thomas (in part), joined by Alito, Gorsuch |
Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers, 583 U.S. ___ (2018), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that "whistleblower" status and associated protections as defined by Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank only apply in cases where the whistleblower has reported malfeasance directly to the Securities and Exchange Commission. [1]