Church of Scientology of California, a Nonprofit California Corporation v. James E. Adams, Elaine Viets, Pulitzer Publishing Co., Inc.

KENNEDY, Circuit Judge:

The Church of Scientology of California (California Church), a California corporation, appeals from a judgment dismissing its action for libel. The suit is against the Pulitzer Publishing Co., publisher of the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper, and James E. Adams and Elaine Viets, principal authors of the newspaper articles in question. 1 The district court dismissed the action against appellees for lack of personal jurisdiction and ruled, alternatively, that the complaint fails to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. We hold that the trial court was correct…