Prout v. Vladeck’s Empirical Analysis
2018
Citation profile
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 1514A (§ 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) · 29 U.S.C. § 2612 (§ 102 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) · 29 U.S.C. § 2614 (§ 104 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) · 29 U.S.C. § 2615 (§ 105 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993) · 29 U.S.C. § 2617 (§ 107 of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993)
Relies on Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly · Ashcroft v. Iqbal · McLaughlin v. Richland Shoe Co. · Chambers v. Time Warner, Inc. · Morrison v. National Australia Bank Ltd.
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 1 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“Section 806 of SOX provides whistleblower protection for employees of publicly traded [companies]. To succeed in making a prima facie case under this provision, an employee must prove by a preponderance of the evidence that (1) she engaged in protected activity; (2) the employer knew that she engaged in the protected activity; (3) she suffered an unfavorable personnel action; and (4) the protected activity was a contributing factor in the unfavorable action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Prout v. Vladeck“his claims of, inter alia , retaliation for raising concerns about potentially unlawful conduct.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Prout v. Vladeck“selection of one among several reasonable courses of action does not constitute malpractice.”
1 later decision quote this exact passagee.g. Prout v. Vladeck
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.