UNDERWAGER v. CHANNEL 9 AUSTRALIA

No. 94-55227.

69 F.3d 361 (1995)

Ralph UNDERWAGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHANNEL 9 AUSTRALIA; "60 Minutes" of Australia; Anne Schlebaum; Mike Munro, Defendants, and James Peters, Sr.; Anna Salter; Kim Oates; Charles R. Vaughn, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert E. Sutton, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for plaintiff-appellant.

Lawrence R. Levin, Levin & Funkhouser, Chicago, Illinois, for defendants-appellees.

Before: FLETCHER, WIGGINS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.


FLETCHER, Circuit Judge:

Ralph Underwager appeals the district court's dismissal of his defamation claims against Charles Vaughn and James Peters, Sr., for lack of personal jurisdiction and against Kim Oates on summary judgment (on the merits) arising from Oates's showing of a videotape in which Vaughn and Peters criticize Underwager's qualifications and performance as an expert witness on child sexual abuse.1 We have jurisdiction under...

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