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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Kathryn AYERS, et al., Case No.: 14-cv-00542-BGS-NLS Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING DEFENDANT’S

CHOICE OF LAW MOTION

v.

James Yiu LEE, et al., Defendants. [ECF No. 207] 16 I. INTRODUCTION The Defendant moves this Court to apply California law instead of Nevada law to Claim X of Plaintiffs’ First Amended Complaint (“FAC”). (ECF No. 207.) Defendant’s analysis centers around the question of which choice of law rules apply. (See id.) The Plaintiffs opposes. (ECF No. 208.) For purposes of this Order, the Court will address the parties’ positions as they relate to its analysis. II. LAW When a federal court sitting in diversity hears state law claims, the conflicts laws of the forum state are used to determine which state’s substantive law applies. Alaska Airlines, Inc. v. United Airlines, Inc., 902 F.2d 1400, 1402 (9th Cir. 1990) (citing Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Elec. Mfg. Co., 313 U.S. 487, 496 (1941)). For…