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FIELDING v. HUBERT BURDA MEDIA, INC.

No. 04-10297.

415 F.3d 419 (2005)

Shawne FIELDING; Thomas Borer, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HUBERT BURDA MEDIA, INC.; et al., Defendants, Hubert Burda Media, Inc.; Hubert Burda Digital, Inc.; Burda Media, Inc.; Burda Publications, Inc.; Burda Entertainment Verlag GmbH; Hubert Burda, Individually; Bertelsmann AG; Bertelsmann, Inc.; Gruner & Jahr AG; Gruner & Jahr AG & Co. KG; Stern De GmbH; Tip-Verlag GmbH, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

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.

Before JOLLY, DAVIS and CLEMENT, Circuit Judges.

EDITH BROWN CLEMENT, Circuit Judge:

Thomas Borer, the former Swiss ambassador to Germany, and Shawne Fielding, his wife (collectively, "appellants"), brought suit for libel, intentional infliction of emotional distress, tortious interference with prospective business relations, and civil conspiracy claims against appellees Hubert Burda Media Holding GmbH & Co. KG ("Hubert Burda Media"), Bertelsmann AG ("Bertelsmann"), and Gruner & Jahr ("Gruner") and those...

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