Legal Opinion
Shirley Sherrod v. Andrew Breitbart
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 25, 2013No. 11-7088PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the Court filed by Senior Circuit Judge RANDOLPH.
Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge GRIFFITH.
RANDOLPH, Senior Circuit Judge:
This is an appeal from an order of the district court denying defendants’ motion to dismiss under the District of Columbia’s Anti-SLAPP Act of 2010. D.C.Code § 16-5501 et seq. The district court’s jurisdiction rested on diversity of citizenship. 28 U.S.C. § 1332. The court gave three reasons for its order: the D.C. statute is inapplicable in federal court under the Erie doctrine, see Erie R.R. v. Tompkins, 304 U.S. 64, 58 S.Ct. 817, 82 L.Ed. 1188…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Norton Ex Rel. Chiles v. MathewsSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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