Appeal No. 14-11214-FF IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
BENJAMIN BURGESS, RHONDA BURGESS, HEIDI HOWARD, JOYCE MARTIN, BETH KARAMPELAS, TERRI DACY, and MICHAEL DACY, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. RELIGIOUS TECHNOLOGY CENTER, INC., ASSOCIATION FOR BETTER LIVING AND EDUCATION INTERNATIONAL, NARCONON INTERNATIONAL, and NARCONON OF GEORGIA, INC., Defendants-Appellees. ON APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF GEORGIA, ATLANTA DIVISION Case No. 1:13-cv-02217-SCJ
BRIEF OF PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS
JEFFREY R. HARRIS
Georgia Bar No. 330315 REBECCA C. FRANKLIN Georgia Bar No. 141350 YVONNE S. GODFREY Georgia Bar No. 318567
HARRIS PENN LOWRY LLP
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Counsel for Plaintiffs-Appellants
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Certificate of Interested Persons and Corporate Disclosure Statement
Pursuant to Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 26.1 and Eleventh Circuit Rule 26.1-1, counsel for Appellants Benjamin Burgess, Rhonda Burgess, Heidi Howard, Joyce Martin, Beth Karampelas, Terri Dacy, and Michael Dacy hereby certifies that, to the best of counsel’s knowledge, the following individuals, firms, governmental entities, and corporations have an interest in the above- captioned appeal:
Alston & Bird, LLP Association for Better Living and Educational International Barton, Thomas M. Burgess, Benjamin Burgess, Rhonda Carpenter, David B. Chilvis, Cochran, Larkins & Bever LLP Coles Barton LLP Coles, Matthew S. Dacy, Michael Dacy, Terri Dalbey, J.D. Dawson, Cari K.
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Diffley, Dan F. Fleming, John H. Franklin, Rebecca C. Godfrey, Yvonne S. Goodman McGuffey Lindsey & Johnson, LLP Hankins, James T. Harris, Jeffrey R. Harris Penn Lowry LLP Howard, Heidi Jones, The Honorable Steve C. Karampelas, Beth Larkins, John K. Lindsey, Edward H. Martin, Joyce McNeil, William Taylor Mohr, Stacey M. Narconon International Narconon of Georgia, Inc. Religious Technology Center, Inc. Sanders, Valerie S.
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