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HEADLEY v. CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERN.

Nos. 10-56266, 10-56278.

687 F.3d 1173 (2012)

Claire HEADLEY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CHURCH OF SCIENTOLOGY INTERNATIONAL; Religious Technology Center, a corporate entity, Defendants-Appellees. Marc Headley, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Church of Scientology International, a corporate entity, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 24, 2012.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kathryn Saldana , Metzger Law Group, Long Beach, CA, argued the cause and filed the briefs for the plaintiffs-appellants. With her on the briefs was Raphael Metzger , Metzger Law Group, Long Beach, CA.

Eric M. Lieberman , Rabinowitz, Boudin, Standard, Krinsky & Lieberman, P.C., New York, NY, argued the cause and filed the brief for the defendants-appellees. With him on the brief were Bert H. Deixler , Kendall, Brill & Klieger LLP, Los Angeles, CA; Harold M. Brody and G. Samuel Cleaver , Proskauer Rose LLP, Los Angeles, CA; and Robert E. Mangels and Matthew D. Hinks , Jeffer Mangels Butler & Mitchell LLP, Los Angeles, CA.

Before: DOROTHY W. NELSON, DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge.

We consider two former ministers' claims that the Church of Scientology forced them to provide labor in violation of the Trafficking Victims Protection Act.

I

This case centers around the Church of Scientology International (the Church) and its component Sea Organization (or Sea Org). The Church exercises overall ecclesiastical management of the Scientology religion. The Sea Org is an elite religious...

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