MARKEL v. UNION OF ORTHODOX JEWISH CONG. OF AM.

Case No.: 2:19-cv-10704-JWH-SK.

648 F.Supp.3d 1181 (2023)

Yaakov MARKEL, Plaintiff, v. UNION OF ORTHODOX JEWISH CONGREGATIONS OF AMERICA, a corporation; Nachum Rabinowitz, an individual; and Does 1-100, Defendants.

United States District Court, C.D. California.

Signed January 3, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Elliot Friedman , Law Office of Steven Friedman, Los Angeles, CA, Steven R. Friedman , Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff.

Leonora M. Schloss , Kevin David Finley , Sevada Hakopian , Jackson Lewis LLP, Los Angeles, CA, James Putman Carter , Jackson Lewis PC, Irvine, CA, Paige Taylor Bennett , Jackson Lewis PC, Houston, TX, for Defendant Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations of America.

James Putman Carter , Jackson Lewis PC, Irvine, CA, Kevin David Finley , Akerman LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Leonora M. Schloss , Sevada Hakopian , Jackson Lewis LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Paige Taylor Bennett , Jackson Lewis PC, Houston, TX, for Defendant Nachum Rabinowitz.


MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER ON DEFENDANTS' MOTION FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL NOTICE [ECF Nos. 56 & 67]

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