5th Circuit Affirms Dismissal For No Jurisdiction In Masons Online Defamation Row

( June 6, 2025, 10:14 AM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — The Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals affirmed a lower court’s dismissal of a tortious interference and defamation dispute between a masonic lodge and its conference regarding the suspension of the lodge’s charter and the conference’s alleged defamatory social media posts about the lodge, finding that the lower court correctly dismissed the suit for lack of personal jurisdiction....