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TIDES v. THE BOEING CO.

No. 10-35238.

644 F.3d 809 (2011)

Nicholas P. TIDES and Matthew Craig Neumann, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE BOEING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed May 3, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John T. Tollefsen (argued), Tollefsen Law PLLC, Lynnwood, WA, Thomas E. Urschler , Law Office of Thomas E. Urschler , L.L.C., St. Louis, MO, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Jonathan P. Harmon (argued), and Eric B. Martin , McGuireWoods, LLP, Richmond, VA, for the defendant-appellee.

Stephen M. Kohn (argued), Kohn, Kohn & Colapinto, P.C., Washington, DC, David C. Colapinto and Richard R. Renner , National Whistleblowers Center, Washington, DC, for amicus curiae the National Whistleblowers Center.

Before: ANDREW J. KLEINFELD, A. WALLACE TASHIMA, and BARRY G. SILVERMAN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

SILVERMAN, Circuit Judge:

We hold today that by its express terms, the whistleblower provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1514A(a)(1), protects employees of publicly-traded companies who disclose certain types of information only to the three categories of recipients specifically enumerated in the Act—federal regulatory and law enforcement agencies, Congress, and employee supervisors...

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