7th Circuit Upholds Dismissal Of Whistleblower’s Suit Against Tribal Officials

Mealey's (November 27, 2018, 12:10 PM EST) -- CHICAGO — The National Defense Authorization Act blocks a woman’s claim that she was fired from her job with an Indian housing authority in retaliation for reporting that her co-workers misappropriated a grant because the grant was awarded before the statute took effect, the Seventh Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled Nov. 26 (Dawn Marie Delebreau v. Cristina Danforth, et al., No. 18-2332, 7th Cir., 2018 U.S. App. LEXIS 33131)....