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DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RELEVANT TO FURTHER BRIEFING IN SUPPORT OF MOTIONS TO COMPEL ARBITRATION
SCHEPER KIM & HARRIS LLP
WILLIAM H. FORMAN (State Bar No. 150477) wforman@scheperkim.com DAVID C. SCHEPER (State Bar No. 120174) dscheper@scheperkim.com MARGARET E. DAYTON (State Bar No. 274353) pdayton@scheperkim.com 800 West Sixth Street, 18th Floor Los Angeles, California 90017-2701 Telephone: (213) 613-4655 Facsimile: (213) 613-4656 Attorneys for Defendants Church of Scientology International and Celebrity Centre International
SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES, CENTRAL DISTRICT
CHRISSIE CARNELL BIXLER; CEDRIC BIXLER-ZAVALA; JANE DOE #1; MARIE BOBETTE RIALES; and JANE DOE #2, Plaintiffs, v. CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL; RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER; CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY CELEBRITY CENTRE INTERNATIONAL; DAVID MISCAVIGE; DANIEL MASTERSON; and DOES 1-25, Defendants. CASE NO. 19STCV29458
ssigned to Hon. Steven J. Kleifield, Dept. 57
DEFENDANTS CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL AND CELEBRITY CENTRE INTERNATIONAL’S NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RELEVANT TO FURTHER BRIEFING IN SUPPORT OF MOTIONS TO COMPEL ARBITRATION
Date: Dec. 18, 2020 Time: 10:00 a.m. Dept.: 57 Complaint Filed: August 22, 2019 Trial Date: None Set
Electronically FILED by Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles on 12/16/2020 03:04 PM Sherri R. Carter, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, by J. So,Deputy Clerk
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DEFENDANTS’ NOTICE OF SUPPLEMENTAL AUTHORITY RELEVANT TO FURTHER BRIEFING IN SUPPORT OF MOTIONS TO COMPEL ARBITRATION
TO THE COURT, ALL PARTIES, AND THEIR ATTORNEYS OF RECORD: PLEASE TAKE NOTICE THAT Defendants Church of Scientology International and Celebrity Centre International respectfully submit that the following supplemental authority,
Optimum Productions v. Home Box Office
, --- Fed. Appx. ----, No. 19-56222, 2020 WL 7334537 (9th Cir. Dec. 14, 2020), which is attached hereto as Exhibit A, should be considered in connection with Defendants’ Further Briefing In Support of Motions to Compel Religious Arbitration.
Optimum Productions
bears on the issues addressed at Plaintiffs’ Supplemental Brief in Opposition to Defendants’ Motions To Compel Religious Arbitration at pages 2:23 and 5:13-17 and Defendants’ Reply In Support of Further Briefing in Support of Motions to Compel Religious Arbitration at page 6:9-13. DATED: December 16, 2020 SCHEPER KIM & HARRIS LLP WILLIAMH.FORMANDAVID C. SCHEPER MARGARET E. DAYTON By: William H. Forman Attorneys for Defendants Church of Scientology International and Celebrity Centre International
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