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NAOKO OHNO v. YUKO YASUMA

No. 11-55081.

723 F.3d 984 (2013)

NAOKO OHNO, an individual, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. YUKO YASUMA, an individual; Saints of Glory Church, a California corporation, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 2, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steven J. Renick (argued), Eugene J. Egan , Paul Hanna , and Ladell Hulet Muhlestein , Manning & Kass Ellrod, Ramirez, Trester, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendants-Appellants.

Robert W. Cohen (argued) and Mariko Taenaka , Law Offices of Robert W. Cohen, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: HARRY PREGERSON, SUSAN P. GRABER, and MARSHA S. BERZON, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

BERZON, Circuit Judge:

Our case involves novel issues concerning the enforcement of foreign-country money judgments that assertedly implicate the defendant's freedom of religion. Naoko Ohno sued Yuko Yasuma and the Saints of Glory Church (collectively, "the Church") in Japan, alleging that they had tortiously induced her to transfer nearly all of her assets to the Church. The Japanese courts awarded Ohno a $1.2 million tort judgment.

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