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BURRI LAW PA v. SKURLA

No. 21-15271.

35 F.4th 1207 (2022)

BURRI LAW PA, a Florida professional association; Dean Allen Burri, a Florida resident, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. William C. SKURLA, an individual; Kurt Richard Burnett, an individual; Milan Lach, an individual; Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pittsburgh, Byzantine Rite, a Pennsylvania non-profit corporation; Byzantine Catholic Diocese of Parma, an Ohio non-profit corporation; Eparchy of Passaic, a New Jersey non-profit corporation; Unknown Parties, named as: ABC Entities 1-10 and John and Jane Does 1-10, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed June 3, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jamie L. Mayrose (argued) and Deanna R. Rader , Rader Mayrose LLP, Phoenix, Arizona, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Stacy K. Luell (argued) and Jeffrey T. Nichols , Crivello Carlson S.C., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for Defendants-Appellees William C. Skurla, Kurt Richard Burnett, Metropolitan Archdiocese of Pittsburgh Byzantine Rite; and Eparchy of Passaic.

James B. Niehaus (argued) and Klevis Bakiaj , Frantz Ward LLP, Cleveland, Ohio, for Defendants-Appellees Milan Lach and Byzantine Catholic Diocese of Parma.

Before: Marsha S. Berzon, Carlos T. Bea, and Jacqueline H. Nguyen, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

Dean Burri brought suit in Arizona against three bishops of the Byzantine Catholic Church—William Skurla, the Archbishop of Pittsburgh; Richard Burnett, the Bishop of Passaic; and Milan Lach, the Bishop of Parma—and their respective dioceses. He alleges that the Defendants directed defamatory...

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