UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT JAMES HUNTSMAN, No. 21-56056

Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 2:21-cv-02504- v. SVW-SK CORPORATION OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE CHURCH OF OPINION JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Central District of California Stephen V. Wilson, District Judge, Presiding

Argued and Submitted En Banc September 25, 2024 San Francisco, California

Filed January 31, 2025

Before: Mary H. Murguia, Chief Judge, and Milan D. Smith, Jr., Jacqueline H. Nguyen, John B. Owens, Michelle T. Friedland, Daniel A. Bress, Patrick J. Bumatay, Lawrence VanDyke, Jennifer Sung, Gabriel P. Sanchez and Ana de Alba, Circuit Judges. 2 HUNTSMAN V. CORPORATION OF THE PRESIDENT

Opinion by Judge Friedland; Concurrence by Judge Bress; Concurrence by Judge Bumatay

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