Legal Opinion

Stone v. Instrumentation Laboratory Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit

Decided December 31, 2009No. 08-1970, 08-2196PublishedCited by 48 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Vacated and remanded by published opinion. Judge DAVIS wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge Shedd Joined.

OPINION

DAVIS, District Judge:

In this appeal, we address the interpretation of a provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, 18 U.S.C. § 1514A, governing the filing of whistleblower lawsuits in federal district court. The parties acknowledge that the Sarbanes-Oxley Act expressly provides a United States District Court jurisdiction to entertain a whistleblower action. However, they disagree as to whether a whistleblower plaintiff, during the pendency of an administrative…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1984
  2. Connecticut National Bank v. GermainSupreme Court of the United States · 1992
  3. United States v. Mead Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 2001
  4. Lamie v. United States TrusteeSupreme Court of the United States · 2004
  5. University of Tennessee v. ElliottSupreme Court of the United States · 1986

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3Cited by48 opinions

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  4. Feldman v. Law Enforcement Associates Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2014
  5. John Raplee, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 2016

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