MORNINGSIDE CHURCH, INC. v. RUTLEDGE

No. 20-2954.

9 F.4th 615 (2021)

MORNINGSIDE CHURCH, INC.; Morningside Church Productions, Inc.; Jim Bakker, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. Leslie RUTLEDGE, Attorney General for the State of Arkansas; Kimberly R. H. Lewis, District Attorney for the County of Merced, California; Tori Verber Salazar, District Attorney for the County of San Joaquin, California; Mike Feuer, City Attorney for the City of Los Angeles, California, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Filed: August 12, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellants and appeared on the brief was Derek A. Ankrom , of Springfield, MO. The following attorney(s) also appeared on the appellants' brief; Jeremiah W. (Jay) Nixon , of Saint Louis, MO, Arsenio Lenell Mims , of Saint Louis, MO, Benjamin J. Shantz , of Springfield, MO.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee Mike Feuer and appeared on the brief was Jonathan H. Eisenman , of Los Angeles, CA.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellee Leslie Rutledge and appeared on the brief was Vincent P. France , AAG, of Little Rock, AR.

Counsel who presented argument on behalf of the appellees Kimberly R.H. Lewis and Tori Verber Salazar and appeared on the brief was Samuel Edward Hofmeier , of Kansas City, MO. The following attorney(s) also appeared on the appellees' brief; James D. Lawrence , of Kansas City, MO.

Before LOKEN, KELLY, and ERICKSON, Circuit Judges.


The plaintiffs here sued several out-of-state defendants in Missouri federal court, alleging that the defendants, while acting in their official capacities, violated their First, Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendment rights. The district court1 dismissed the case for lack of personal jurisdiction, and...

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