Conners v. Ohio Department of Commerce

The single question raised in this appeal is whether the Ohio Real Estate Commission (“commission”) committed error reversible under R.C. 119.12 when it modified the recommendation of its hearing examiner by changing the duration of the disciplinary suspension of appellant’s license as a real estate broker from seven days to sixty days, without stating its reasons for the increase of penalty. We agree with the learned jurist of the court below that the modification in this instance was not reversible error and that the sixty-day suspension must be affirmed.

Appellant, Thomas J. Conners, was…