Mohanty v. St. John Heart Clinic, S.C.

Chief Justice Thomas and Justices Fitzgerald and Kilbride concurred in the judgment and opinion.

Justice Karmeier specially concurred, with opinion, joined by Justice Carman.

Justice Freeman concurred in part and dissented in part, with opinion.

OPINION

Dr. Jyoti Mohanty and Dr. Raghu Ramadurai (plaintiffs) appeal the judgment of the appellate court reversing the circuit court of Cook County’s denial of a preliminary injunction to St. John Heart Clinic and its owner, Dr. John Monteverde (defendants), to enforce the restrictive covenants contained in their medical practice employment contracts.…