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Kenneth Pritchard v. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, No. 19-2386 · judgment May 21, 2021
Before the decision, well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Questions presented
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Whether whistleblower provision of the 2013 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) protects employees from retaliation occurring after the provision’s effective date, when some of the protected activities occurred prior to that effective date.
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Whether a jury could find it reasonable for a whistleblower to believe that the employer’s inhouse attorney is a “management official or other employee … who has the responsibility to investigate, discover, or address misconduct.” 41 U.S.C. § 4712(a)(2)(G).
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Whether the lower courts’ failure to address issues raised by Petitioner precludes summary judgment.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
Richard Randolph Renner
Kalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch, PC
For respondent
Joseph W. Santini
Friedlander Misler, PLLC
Case
Conference history
Distributed for 1 conference
Proceedings
- Jan 10 2022Petition DENIED.
- Dec 15 2021DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
- Dec 06 2021Waiver of right of respondent Metropolitan Washington Airports Auth. to respond filed.
- Nov 24 2021Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 30, 2021)