United States Ninth Circuit

In action alleging that Nordstrom, Inc. violated the whistleblower-protection provision of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, by terminating petitioner's employment in retaliation for her reporting to supervisors conduct she believed violated the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Department of Labor's Administrative Review Board's order dismissing petitioner's complaint as untimely filed is affirmed where petitioner filed her complaint on October 13, 2006, more than 90 days after her final day of work, and equitable tolling did not apply.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/30/2010
• Published 11/30/2010

Judges

• Milan D. Smith, Jr.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Cecilia A. Cordova, Seema K. Patel