Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers

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]

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers
Argued November 28, 2017
Decided February 21, 2018
Full case nameDigital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Paul Somers
Docket no.16-1276
Citations583 U.S. ___ (more)
138 S. Ct. 767; 200 L. Ed. 2d 15
Case history
Prior850 F.3d 1045 (9th Cir. 2017); cert. granted, 137 S. Ct. 2300 (2017).
SubsequentOn remand, 886 F.3d 1300 (9th Cir. 2018).
Court membership
Chief Justice
John Roberts
Associate Justices
Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas
Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer
Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor
Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch
Case opinions
MajorityGinsburg, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
ConcurrenceSotomayor, joined by Breyer
ConcurrenceThomas (in part), joined by Alito, Gorsuch

See also

References

  1. "Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers". SCOTUSblog. Retrieved August 14, 2018.


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