Genberg v. Porter
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
BACHARACH, Circuit Judge.
This appeal grew out of the firing of Mr. Carl Genberg, an executive for Ceragenix Corporation. Mr. Genberg allegedly suspected misconduct by Ceragenix's Board of Directors. When he acted on these alleged suspicions, he was fired.
Mr. Genberg then sued Ceragenix's Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Steven Porter, for
• retaliation under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and
• defamation under Nevada law.
The district court granted summary judgment to Mr. Porter on both claims. We reverse on the Sarbanes-Oxley claim and affirm on the defamation claim.
I. Mr. Genberg battles the…
Also in this document: Concurring in part, dissenting in part.
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