092601P.pdf   08/04/2010  Susan Johnson  v.  Elizabeth Arden
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  09-2601
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - St. Joseph   
   [PUBLISHED] [Smith, Author, with Riley, Chief Judge, and Shepherd,
   Circuit Judge]
   Civil case - Torts. Under the Communications Decency Act of 1996, an
   ISP which hosted a complaint board on which an allegedly defamatory
   posting was made was not legally responsible for information created and
   posted by a third party, and the district court did not err in finding the 
   ISP was immune from this state tort defamation action; district court did not
   err in dismissing action against defendant Heineman, a Colorado resident,
   for lack of personal jurisdiction as she did not have the kind of
   continuous and systematic contacts with Missouri necessary to support 
   general jurisdiction; nor did her action in making an internet posting from
   Colorado allegedly defaming plaintiffs, which included the name
   "Missouri" in its factual assertions, create the type of substantial
   connection between Heineman and Missouri required to confer specific
   personal jurisdiction; Heineman did not have sufficient minimum
   contacts with Missouri to support a Lanham Act claim against her, and
   the district court did not err in dismissing that claim for lack of personal
   jurisdiction; a similar analysis applied to defendant Lowry; district court
   did not abuse its discretion by setting aside a default judgment against
   Lowry.