Legal Opinion
Gipe v. Superior Court
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 16, 1981No. Civ. 25908PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KAUFMAN, Acting P. J.
Petitioner seeks a writ of mandate directing the Appellate Department of the Orange County Superior Court to vacate its order disqualifying the State Labor Commissioner from representing petitioner in an appeal from a judgment of .the municipal court denying him severance pay.
Facts
For more than eight years petitioner was an ordained minister of the Worldwide Church of God, Inc. (church or real party in interest), receiving compensation for his services from the church. In April 1979 he was discharged for alleged insubordination, heresy and disloyalty to the church.…
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