Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers, 583 U.S. ___ (2018), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that "whistleblower" status and associated protections as defined by Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank only apply in cases where the whistleblower has reported malfeasance directly to the Securities and Exchange Commission.^[1]

Full case nameDigital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Paul Somers

Docket no.16-1276

Citations583 U.S. ___ (more)

138 S. Ct. 767; 200 L. Ed. 2d 15

Prior850 F.3d 1045 (9th Cir. 2017); cert. granted, 137 S. Ct. 2300 (2017).

Quick facts Argued November 28, 2017 Decided February 21, 2018, Full case name ...

Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Somers
Supreme Court of the United States
Argued November 28, 2017 Decided February 21, 2018
Full case name	Digital Realty Trust, Inc. v. Paul Somers
Docket no.	16-1276
Citations	583 U.S. ___ (more) 138 S. Ct. 767; 200 L. Ed. 2d 15
Case history
Prior	850 F.3d 1045 (9th Cir. 2017); cert. granted, 137 S. Ct. 2300 (2017).
Subsequent	On remand, 886 F.3d 1300 (9th Cir. 2018).
Holding
"Whistleblower" status and associated protections as defined by Sarbanes-Oxley and Dodd-Frank only apply in cases where the whistleblower has reported malfeasance directly to the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Anthony Kennedy · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan · Neil Gorsuch
Case opinions
Majority	Ginsburg, joined by Roberts, Kennedy, Breyer, Sotomayor, Kagan
Concurrence	Sotomayor, joined by Breyer
Concurrence	Thomas (in part), joined by Alito, Gorsuch

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