United States Fifth Circuit

Dismissal of an action for defamation, arising from a university professor's posting of an article on the internet, is affirmed as low-level interactivity on an internet bulletin board was insufficient to establish personal jurisdiction in Texas.

Appellate Information

• Decided 12/31/2002
• Published 12/31/2002

Judges

• PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Joe C. Tooley (argued), Rockwall, TX, for Revell., Paul Christopher Watler (argued), Robert Brooks Gilbreath, John T. Gerhart, Jenkens & Gilchrist, Dallas, TX, for Lidov., Charles L. Babcock (argued), David T. Moran, Kimberly Chastain Van Amburg, Jackson Walker, Dallas, TX, for Bd. of Trustees of Columbia University and Columbia University School of Journalism.