LEE v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RY. CO.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: William Cox Tucker, Jr. , Maples Tucker & Jacobs, Birmingham, Alabama, for Appellant. John Bruce Lewis , Baker & Hostetler LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee. Donald J. Munro , Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Association of American Railroads. Rachel Goldberg , United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Secretary of Labor. ON BRIEF: Rachel S. Decker , Carruthers & Roth P.A., Greensboro, North Carolina, for Appellant. M. Daniel McGinn , Nicole A. Crawford , Brooks, Pierce, McLendon, Humphrey & Leonard, L.L.P., Greensboro, North Carolina; Dustin M. Dow , Baker & Hostetler LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee. M. Patricia Smith , Solicitor of Labor, Jennifer S. Brand , Associate Solicitor, William C. Lesser , Deputy Associate Solicitor, Megan E. Guenther , Counsel for Whistleblower Programs, United States Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Secretary of Labor. Louis P. Warchot , Daniel Saphire , Association of American Railroads, Washington, D.C.; Ronald M. Johnson , M. Carter DeLorme , Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for Amicus Association of American Railroads.

Reversed and remanded by published opinion. Judge FLOYD wrote the opinion, in which Judge NIEMEYER and Judge DIAZ joined.