Legal Opinion
Fairbanks v. Roller
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided June 6, 2018No. Civil Action No. 2017-1052Published
1Opinion of the Court
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CASSANDRA FAIRBANKS, Plaintiff, v. Case No. 1:17-cv-01052 (TNM) EMMA ROLLER, Defendant. MEMORANDUM OPINION Plaintiff Cassandra Fairbanks trolled the web through Twitter, releasing a photo of herself and a fellow journalist in the White House press room making a gesture widely recognized as the “okay” hand symbol but also speculated at the time to be a “white power” symbol. Defendant Emma Roller, also a journalist, retweeted the photo with the caption, “just two people doing a white power hand gesture in the White House.” Ms. Fairbanks…
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