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GABRIEL v. IMMANUEL EVAN. LUTH. CHURCH

No. 4-94-0198.

640 N.E.2d 681 (1994)

266 Ill. App.3d 456

203 Ill.Dec. 761

Sharon GABRIEL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. IMMANUEL EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

Appellate Court of Illinois, Fourth District.

Decided September 30, 1994.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John E. Childress (Argued), Eric L. Grenzebach, Brown, Hay & Stephens, Springfield, for appellant.

Harold M. Olsen (Argued), Olsen & Olsen, Ltd., Springfield, for appellee.

Justice KNECHT delivered the opinion of the court:

Plaintiff, Sharon Gabriel, filed suit for breach of contract after the defendant, Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church, Inc., withdrew its offer to employ her as a parochial school kindergarten teacher. Plaintiff's complaint alleged the offer to employ her was accepted by her before it was improperly withdrawn by church hierarchy for nonecclesiastical reasons. The trial court dismissed the complaint on first amendment...

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