Legal Opinion
The Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D. C. v. Heinrich Bauer Verlag
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided June 1, 1976No. 74-1789PublishedCited by 72 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge MacKINNON.
MacKINNON, Circuit Judge.
In this diversity action the Founding Church of Scientology of Washington, D. C. 1 sued (1) the author, editor, publisher, and distributor of an allegedly defamatory article which appeared in the July 1973 edition of the German-language magazine Neue Revue, and (2) an official of the West German federal criminal investigating authority who allegedly aided in the preparation of that publication. 2 The district court dismissed the suit on the grounds (1) that it lacked personal jurisdiction over any of the…
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