No. 03-14-00199-CV ______________________________________
COURT OF APPEALSTHIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF TEXASAUSTIN, TEXAS ______________________________________ CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL, et al.
Appellants
,v.MONIQUE RATHBUN,
Appellee
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MOTION FOR LEAVE TO FILENOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY OF APPELLANTCHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL ______________________________________
On Appeal from the 207th Judicial District Courtof Comal County, TexasTrial Court No. C-2013-1082BHon. Dib Waldrip of the 433rd Judicial District Court, Presiding ______________________________________ Of Counsel:Eric M. LiebermanR
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ACCEPTED
03-14-00199-CV
2788956
THIRD COURT OF APPEAL
AUSTIN, TEXAS
10/10/2014 10:26:10 AM
JEFFREY D. KYLE
CLERK
FILED IN 3rd COURT OF APPEALS AUSTIN, TEXAS10/10/2014 10:26:10 AM JEFFREY D. KYLE Clerk
Ricardo G. CedilloState Bar No. 04043600Isaac J. HuronState Bar No. 24032447Les J. Strieber IIIState Bar No. 19398000D
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112 E. Pecan Street, Suite 1300San Antonio, Texas 78205-1531Telephone: 210.227.7121Facsimile: 210.227.0732spencer@clemens-spencer.com
Attorneysfor AppellantChurchof ScientologyInternational
-1-TO THE HONORABLE COURT OF APPEALS:Appellant Church of Scientology International (“Church”) requests leave tofile a Notice of Supplemental Authority addressing two issues that arose at oralargument and a new decision of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals.First, this Notice provides the citation for a case,
Headley v. Church of Scientology International
, No. CV 09-3987 DSF (FFMx), 2010 U.S. Dist. LEXIS40533, *8-10 (C.D. Cal. April 2, 2010), referenced by counsel for the Churchduring oral argument.Second, the Notice provides the citation to the Texas civil “stalking” statute,Chapter 85 of the Texas Civil Practice & Remedies Code, in response to Plaintiff’snew allegation during oral argument that Defendants’ actions constituted“stalking.”Third, the Notice draws the Court’s attention to the Texas Court of CriminalAppeals’ decision in
Ex parte Thompson
, No. PD-1371-13, 2014 WL 4627231(Tex. Crim. App. Sept. 17, 2014), holding that Texas’s improper photographystatute, Section 21.15(b)(1) of the Texas Penal Code, violates the First Amendmentto the extent that it proscribes the taking of photographs and the recording of visualimages.
Id.
at *1.Wherefore, the Church prays that this Court grant this Motion for Leave toFile Notice of Supplemental Authority of Appellant Church of Scientology, which
