United States Fifth Circuit

In a suit for libel, the district court properly held that none of the defendants had sufficient contacts in Texas to satisfy due process limitations on general or specific jurisdiction in the forum state.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/30/2005
• Published 07/01/2005

Judges

• EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:, Before JOLLY, DAVIS and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Kent Charles Krause (argued), Speiser Krause, Dallas, TX, for Fielding and Borer., Larry M. Lesh (argued), Law Office of Larry M. Lesh, Dallas, TX, for Borer., Thomas S. Leatherbury (argued), Michael L. Raiff, Vinson & Elkins, Dallas, TX, Lisa Erin Bowlin, Vinson & Elkins, Austin, TX, for Hubert Burda Media, Inc., Hubert Burda Digital, Inc., Burda Media, Inc., Burda Publications, Inc., Burda Entertainment Verlag GmbH and Hubert Burda., Charles L. Babcock (argued), David T. Moran, John M. Jackson, Jackson Walker, Dallas, TX, for Bertelsmann AG and Bertelsmann, Inc., Robert Lloyd Raskopf (argued), Marc Edward Ackerman, White & Case, New York City, Mark Lawrence Mathie, McKool Smith, Dallas, TX, for Gruner + Jahr AG.