Tides v. Boeing Co.’s Empirical Analysis
644 F.3d 809 · 2011
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Appellate journey
Relationships
Applies 15 U.S.C. § 7262 (§ 404 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) · 18 U.S.C. § 1514A (§ 806 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291 · 49 U.S.C. § 42121 · 5 U.S.C. § 2302
Relies on United States v. Felt & Tarrant Manufacturing Co. · BedRoc Limited, LLC v. United States · International Union of Bricklayers & Allied Craftsman Local Union No. 20 v. Martin Jaska, Inc. · Olsen v. Idaho State Board of Medicine · Chuang v. University of California Davis
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 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
“approximately seventy contract auditors from [an] accounting firm”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority“No [publicly-traded] company.. .may discharge.. .or in any other manner discriminate against an employee in the terms and conditions of employment because of any lawful act done by the employee— (1)to provide information.. .regarding any conduct which the employee reasonably believes constitutes a violation of section 1341 [mail fraud], 1343 [wire fraud], 1344 [bank fraud], or 1348. [securities or commodities fraud], any rule or regulation of the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any provision of Federal law relating to fraud against shareholders, when the information or assistance is provided to or the investiga- ’ tion is conducted by (A) a Federal regulatory or law enforcement agency; (B) any Member of Congress or any committee of Congress; or (C) a person with supervisory authority over the employee....”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“(1) [She] engaged in protected activity or conduct; (2) [her] employer knew or suspected ... that [she] engaged in the protected activity; (3) [she] suffered an unfavorable personnel action; and (4) the circumstances were sufficient to raise an inference that the protected activity was a contributing factor in the unfavorable action.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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.