REVELL v. LIDOV

No. 01-10521.

317 F.3d 467 (2002)

Oliver "Buck" REVELL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Hart G.W. LIDOV, an individual; Board of Trustees of Columbia University in the City of New York, a foreign corporation (Columbia University); Columbia University School of Journalism, an agency and/or Department of Columbia University in the City of New York, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 31, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, WIENER, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

Oliver "Buck" Revell sued Hart G.W. Lidov and Columbia University for defamation arising out of Lidov's authorship of an article that he posted on an internet bulletin board hosted by Columbia. The district court dismissed Revell's claims for lack of personal jurisdiction over both Lidov and Columbia. We affirm.

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Hart G.W. Lidov, an Assistant Professor of Pathology...

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