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202954P.pdf   08/12/2021  Morningside Church, Inc.  v.  Leslie Rutledge
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  20-2954
   U.S. District Court for the Western District of Missouri - Joplin   
   [PUBLISHED] [Kelly, Author, with Loken and Erickson, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil Case - Personal Jurisdiction. After Morningside Church advertised a 
   product Silver Solution, California attorneys and the Arkansas Attorney 
   General launched investigations, contacted Morningside Church and Jim 
   Bakker and served subpoenas and requests for information. Morningside and 
   Bakker filed suit, claiming constitutional violations. District court's 
   grant of motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction is affirmed. 
   Assuming defendants fell under Missouri's long-arm statute, asserting of 
   personal jurisdiction in this case violates due process, as only contact 
   with Missouri were letters and emails directed at Morningside Church and 
   Bakker, not the forum state.