Murray v. UBS Securities, LLC
Decided February 8, 2024. Sonia Sotomayor delivered the opinion of the Court.
Docket 22-660 · 601 U.S. 23 (2024) · Cited 14 times
Holding
A whistleblower seeking to invoke the protections of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act—18 U. S. C. §1514A(a)—must prove that their protected activity was a contributing factor in the employer’s unfavorable personnel action, but need not prove that the employer acted with “retaliatory intent.”
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How the Justices voted
Decided 9–0.
Majority · 9
- John G. Roberts, Jr.
- Clarence Thomas
- Samuel A. Alito, Jr. · filed a concurring opinion
- Sonia Sotomayor · delivered the opinion of the Court
- Elena Kagan
- Neil M. Gorsuch
- Brett M. Kavanaugh
- Amy Coney Barrett
- Ketanji Brown Jackson
“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. The lineup is the syllabus’s disposition of who wrote and joined each opinion. Source: the opinion’s syllabus (supremecourt.gov).
Precedents cited
Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.
- Watson v. Fort Worth Bank & Trust · 487 U.S. 977 (1988)
- Texas Department of Community Affairs v. Burdine · 450 U.S. 248 (1981)
- St. Mary's Honor Center v. Hicks · 509 U.S. 502 (1993)
- Lawson v. FMR LLC · 571 U.S. 429 (2014)
- Massachusetts v. Environmental Protection Agency · 549 U.S. 497 (2007)
- Jackson v. Birmingham Board of Education · 544 U.S. 167 (2005)
- International Union, United Automobile, Aerospace & Agricultural Implement v. Johnson Controls, Inc. · 499 U.S. 187 (1991)
- Brogan v. United States · 522 U.S. 398 (1998)
Official text
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