Legal Opinion
Sherrod v. Breitbart
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided February 15, 2012No. Civil Action No. 2011-0477PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STATEMENT OF REASONS
RICHARD J. LEON, District Judge.
Shirley Sherrod (“plaintiff’), former Georgia State Director for Rural Development for the U.S. Department of Agriculture, has filed an action for defamation, false light, and intentional infliction of emotional distress against bloggers Andrew Breitbart and Larry O’Connor (“defendants”). The defendants filed a joint Motion to Dismiss pursuant to the AntiSLAPP Act of 2010 on April 18, 2011, even though that statute had not gone into effect when the plaintiffs filed their suit in February 2011. That motion was not ripe for oral argument until…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- Batzel v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- Godin v. SchencksCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 2010
- Wolf v. District of Columbia Rental Accommodations CommissionDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1980
- Montgomery v. District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1991
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Intercon Solutions, Inc. v. Basel Action NetworkDistrict Court, N.D. Illinois · 2013
- Adelson v. HarrisDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2013
- Shirley Sherrod v. Andrew BreitbartCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 2013
- Abbas v. Foreign Policy Group, LLCDistrict Court, District of Columbia · 2013
- Ralph Nader v. Maine Democratic PartySupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2013
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