Underwager v. Channel 9 Australia

69 F.3d 361 24 Media L. Rep. 1039 , 95 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 8449 , 95 Daily Journal D.A.R. 14 ,570 Ralph UNDERWAGER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHANNEL 9 AUSTRALIA; "60 Minutes" of Australia; Anne Schlebaum; Mike Munro, Defendants, and James Peters, Sr.; Anna Salter; Kim Oates; Charles R. Vaughn, Defendants-Appellees. No. 94-55227. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted June 8, 1995. Decided Oct. 31, 1995. Robert E. Sutton, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, for plaintiff-appellant. Lawrence R. Levin, Levin & Funkhouser, Chicago, Illinois, for defendants-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. Before: FLETCHER, WIGGINS, and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges. FLETCHER, Circuit Judge: 1 Ralph Underwager appeals the district court's dismissal of his defamation claims against Charles Vaughn and James Peters, Sr., for lack of personal jurisdiction and against Kim Oates on summary judgment (on the merits) arising from Oates's showing of a videotape in which Vaughn and Peters criticize Underwager's qualifications and performance as an expert witness on child sexual abuse. 1 We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1291…