Beverly Robinson v. Morgan Stanley
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
Beverly Robinson appeals from the grant of summary judgment to her former employer and several of its employees on her claim that she was fired in retaliation for whistleblowing. In a prior appeal we upheld the Department of Labor’s determination that Robinson was fired because of poor job performance and not whistle-blowing activity protected by the Sar-banes-Oxley Act, see 18 U.S.C. § 1514A. Robinson v. U.S. Dep’t of Labor, 406 Fed.Appx. 69, 74 (7th Cir.2010). In this action Robinson repackages her claim, contending that her firing violated Illinois law. But because Robinson’s…
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