VAN ASDALE v. INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY

No. 07-16597.

577 F.3d 989 (2009)

Shawn VAN ASDALE; Lena Van Asdale, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INTERNATIONAL GAME TECHNOLOGY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed August 13, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Margo Piscevich (argued), Mark J. Lenz, Piscevich & Fenner, Reno, NV, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Richard G. Campbell Jr. (argued), Lance P. Maiss, Armstrong Teasdale LLP, Reno, NV, Gordon E. Krischer, Nathaniel L. Dilger, Mark W. Robertson, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellee.

Before: J. CLIFFORD WALLACE, SIDNEY R. THOMAS, and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges.


BYBEE, Circuit Judge:

This case presents our first opportunity to examine the substantive requirements necessary to establish a claim under the whistleblower-protection provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, 18 U.S.C. § 1514A. Plaintiffs Shawn and Lena Van Asdale appeal from the district court's summary judgment in favor of their former employer, International Game Technology ("IGT"), on their claim of retaliatory discharge in violation of § 1514A, as well...

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