Legal Opinion
Sherrod v. Breitbart
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 9, 2014No. Civil Action No. 2011-0477PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
[Dkt. # 117]
RICHARD J. LEON, United States District Judge
The pending motion to quash arises out of an action for defamation, false light, and intentional infliction of emotional distress. Compl. ¶ 1 [Dkt. # 1-2]. Plaintiff Shirley Sherrod alleges that a blog post and video excerpts published by Andrew Breitbart 1 and Larry O’Connor depicted her as a racist and led to her being forced to resign from her job as the Georgia State Director for Rural Development for the United States Department of Agriculture (“USDA”), a post to which the Obama Administration appointed her in…
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