BAKER v. SMITH & WESSON, INC.

No. 21-2019.

40 F.4th 43 (2022)

Earl Donald BAKER, Plaintiff, Appellee, v. SMITH & WESSON, INC., f/k/a Smith & Wesson Corp., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 13, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Connie N. Bertram , with whom Jeffrey E. Poindexter , Bulkley, Richardson & Gelinas, LLP, and Bertram LLP were on brief, for appellant.

John Y. Lee , with whom Benjamin Rudolf , Murphy & Rudolf, LLP, and Lee & Breen, LLC were on brief, for appellee.

Before Barron, Chief Judge, Lynch and Gelpí, Circuit Judges.


This interlocutory appeal from the denial of summary judgment turns on an issue of law: the proper interpretation of the whistleblower protection provision, Section 1514A, of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. See 18 U.S.C. § 1514A. That provision limits protection under Sarbanes-Oxley to whistleblower claims...

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