Legal Opinion

Tae Sook Park v. Bong Kil Shin Mee Sook Shin

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided December 17, 2002No. 01-16805PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

GRABER, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiff Tae Sook Park brought this action against Bong Kil Shin, the Deputy Consul General of the Korean Consulate in San Francisco, and his wife, Mee Sook Shin. Plaintiff alleges several employment-related claims arising from her tenure as the Shins’ domestic servant. The district court ruled that Defendants are entitled to immunity under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations (Vienna Convention) and dismissed the action. We reverse.

FACTUAL AND PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

Defendant Bong Kil Shin is the Deputy Consul General of the Republic of Korea Consulate…

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