Whitaker v. Pierce

This is an interlocutory appeal from the denial of a motion for a preliminary injunction. The only issue presented is whether the trial court abused its discretion in denying the injunction.

In his verified complaint, plaintiff sought injunctive relief and damages against the individual defendants, alleging that he had been employed as the organist-choir director at Chicago Temple — First United Methodist Church (Chicago Temple) for nearly 22 years without a written contract and that he was coerced into resigning because of his conversion to the Anglican faith. In an amendment to the…