AMERICAN LAND v. BONAVENTURA UITGEVERS MAATSCHAPPIJ

No. 81-1751.

710 F.2d 1449 (1983)

AMERICAN LAND PROGRAM, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. BONAVENTURA UITGEVERS MAATSCHAPPIJ, N.V., Peter Hund, Louis Johan Leeman, N.A.G. Van Rossum, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Tenth Circuit.

June 24, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph E. Tesch of Tesch, Hufnagel & Van Dam, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiff-appellant.

Marcia B. Paul, New York City (James H. Stark, New York City, with her on the brief; H. Wayne Wadsworth of Watkiss & Campbell, Salt Lake City, Utah, also on the brief), of Greenbaum, Wolff & Ernst, New York City, for defendants-appellees.

Before HOLLOWAY, McKAY and SEYMOUR, Circuit Judges.


SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.

This is an action for slander arising out of a Dutch journalist's investigation of a land-sales scheme. American Land Program, Inc. appeals the district court's order granting a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction over the foreign defendants. We reverse in part and affirm in part.

I.

BACKGROUND

American Land Program, Inc. (ALP Inc.) is a California corporation that does business in various states...

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