United States Seventh Circuit

In an employment action, district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is affirmed where plaintiff's claim that defendant terminated her employment in retaliation for whistle-blowing activities in violation of the Sarbannes-Oxley Act fails, as plaintiff could not have reasonably believed a fraud was being committed by defendant and there is no evidence indicating that her termination was attributable to something other than the financial problems that necessitated the termination.

Appellate Information

• Argued 01/17/2008
• Decided 03/16/2009
• Published 03/16/2009

Judges

• ROVNER, Circuit Judge., Before RIPPLE, ROVNER, and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Seventh Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ferne P. Wolf (argued), Sowers & Wolf, St. Louis, MO, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Thomas W. Alvey, Jr., Thompson Coburn, Belleville, IL, Krissa P. Lubben (argued), Patricia J. Martin, Thompson Coburn, St. Louis, MO, for Defendant-Appellee.