whistleblower
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 583 U.S. 149 - Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers · 2018Most cited · 81 citing opinions
a person who provides "information relating to a violation of the securities laws to the Commission." §78u–6(a)(6).
How often courts cite the case defining “whistleblower”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “whistleblower” — 79 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.