A Sacramento County jury is being asked to decide if former Family Court mediator Emily Gallup was fired in retaliation for whistle-blowing or because of a pattern of undermining her supervisor that culminated in an act of egregious misconduct — taking pages of notes from her supervisor’s diary that contained confidential case information. Gallup’s suit against Nevada County Superior Court alleges that she was wrongfully terminated after blowing the whistle on the court’s failure to follow state laws; the case got under way with opening statements Wednesday in Sacramento County Superior Court. Family Court handles cases where parties seek court …