Nielsen v. AECOM Technology Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• noting that a reasonable belief cannot be “wholly untethered” from the statutory provisions at issue
• noting plaintiff abandoned certain claims in part because he failed to “oppos[e] the motion to dismiss on [those] issue[s]”
• affirming dismissal of whistleblower claim for failure to allege facts supporting reporter’s objectively reasonable belief that reported conduct violated federal law
• listing “perceived misconduct in ,.. accounting practices” among examples of well-pleaded allegations of conduct that an employee might reasonably believe violates the securities laws
• applying Skidmore deference but noting that “the purported whistleblower’s belief cannot exist wholly untethered from [the specific provisions allegedly violated]”
• adopting ARB interpretation of whistleblower retaliation provision of the 15 violate a federal railroad safety edict, he has engaged in FRSA-protected activity. See id. at . The Cieslicki holding comports with subsection(a)(2)’s plain text. See § 20109(a)(2

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

39 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo
  Supreme Court· 2024-06-28· cited 458×
• Lenzi v. Systemax, Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2019-12-06· cited 169×
• Michael Rhinehimer v. U.S. Bancorp Investments, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2015-05-28· cited 47×
• Cayuga Nation v. Howard Tanner
  Second Circuit· 2021-07-27· cited 44×
• Yamashita v. Scholastic Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2019-08-28· cited 41×
• Prout v. Vladeck
  S.D. Illinois· 2018-06-10· cited 34×
• Kuhns v. Ledger
  S.D. New York· 2016-08-24· cited 27×
• Johnson v. City University of New York
  S.D. New York· 2014-09-08· cited 23×
• Tompkins v. Metro-North Commuter Railroad Co.
  Second Circuit· 2020-12-17· cited 18×
• Marshall v. N.Y. State Pub. High Sch. Athletic Ass'n, Inc.
  W.D. New York· 2019-03-15· cited 16×
• Aleutian Capital Partners v. Pizzella
  Second Circuit· 2020-09-22· cited 15×
• Ashmore v. CGI Group Inc.
  S.D. New York· 2015-09-23· cited 15×
• A.V.E.L.A., Inc. v. Estate of Marilyn Monroe, LLC
  S.D. New York· 2017-03-13· cited 15×
• Erhart v. BofI Holding, Inc.
  S.D. California· 2017-09-11· cited 14×
• Northrop Grumman Systems Corp. v. US Department of Labor
  Fourth Circuit· 2019-06-13· cited 13×
• Xerox Corp. v. Lantronix, Inc.
  W.D. New York· 2018-10-31· cited 13×
• Cole v. Stephen Einstein & Assocs., P.C.
  W.D. New York· 2019-02-05· cited 11×
• Vincent A. Beacom v. Oracle America, Inc.
  Eighth Circuit· 2016-06-06· cited 10×
• Ziparo v. CSX Transp., Inc.
  Second Circuit· 2021-09-24· cited 10×
• Parker v. Blackerby
  W.D. New York· 2019-03-26· cited 10×

Cites

26 cases in this archive are cited by this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Ashcroft v. Iqbal
  Supreme Court· 2009-05-18· cited 149,772×
• Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly
  Supreme Court· 2007-05-21· cited 146,720×
• Chevron U. S. A. Inc. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.
  Supreme Court· 1984-06-25· cited 20,645×
• Skidmore v. Swift & Co.
  Supreme Court· 1944-12-04· cited 4,567×
• United States v. Mead Corp.
  Supreme Court· 2001-06-18· cited 3,086×
• Walker v. Schult
  Second Circuit· 2013-05-23· cited 3,078×
• Federal Express Corp. v. Holowecki
  Supreme Court· 2008-02-27· cited 716×
• Lore v. City of Syracuse
  Second Circuit· 2012-02-02· cited 573×
• Gallop v. Cheney
  Second Circuit· 2011-04-27· cited 553×
• Goldstein v. Pataki
  Second Circuit· 2008-04-07· cited 309×
• United States v. Edmund M. Autuori
  Second Circuit· 2000-05-12· cited 288×
• Van Asdale v. International Game Technology
  Ninth Circuit· 2009-08-13· cited 271×
• Jeffrey Wiest v. Thomas Lynch
  Third Circuit· 2013-03-19· cited 153×
• Lawson v. FMR LLC
  Supreme Court· 2014-03-04· cited 144×
• Gatt Communications, Inc. v. PMC Associates, L.L.C.
  Second Circuit· 2013-02-14· cited 127×
• Allen v. Administrative Review Bd.
  Fifth Circuit· 2008-01-22· cited 97×
• Lockheed Martin Corp. v. Administrative Review Board
  Tenth Circuit· 2013-06-04· cited 65×
• Welch v. Chao
  Fourth Circuit· 2008-08-05· cited 64×
• Bechtel v. Administrative Review Board, United States Department of Labor
  Second Circuit· 2013-03-05· cited 63×
• Encarnacion Ex Rel. George v. Astrue
  Second Circuit· 2009-06-04· cited 58×