Jeffrey Wiest v. Tyco Electronics Corp

OPINION OF THE COURT

GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff, Jeffrey Wiest, appeals from the District Court’s order granting summary judgment to defendant, Tyco Electronics Corporation (“Tyco”), in his action alleging that Tyco violated the anti-retaliation provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1514A. Wiest, formerly a Tyco employee, claims that Tyco unlawfully terminated his employment for reporting suspected securities fraud violations pertaining to the accounting treatment of two Tyco events. Specifically, Wiest claims that he engaged in a six-month “anguished field…