No. 21-799

Kenneth Pritchard v. Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2021-11-30
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: administrative-procedure effective-date employment-law national-defense-authorization-act ndaa-provision protected-activities retaliation retaliation-claim retroactivity statutory-interpretation whistleblower-protection
Latest Conference: 2022-01-07
Question Presented (from Petition)

1. 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.

2. 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).

3. Whether the lower courts' failure to address
issues raised by Petitioner precludes summary
judgment.

Question Presented (AI Summary)

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

Docket Entries

2022-01-10
Petition DENIED.
2021-12-15
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 1/7/2022.
2021-12-06
Waiver of right of respondent Metropolitan Washington Airports Auth. to respond filed.
2021-11-24
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due December 30, 2021)

Attorneys

Kenneth Pritchard
Richard Randolph RennerKalijarvi, Chuzi, Newman & Fitch, PC, Petitioner
Metropolitan Washington Airports Auth.
Joseph W. SantiniFriedlander Misler, PLLC, Respondent