Legal Opinion
Ohio Civil Rights Commission v. Case Western Reserve University
Ohio Supreme Court
Decided July 31, 1996No. 95-387PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCook, J.
In this case, we are presented with the question of whether CWRU violated R.C. 4112.022(A) by denying a totally blind applicant admission to its medical school. We affirm the judgment of the court of appeals finding no violation.
I. PRIMA FACIE CASE OF HANDICAP DISCRIMINATION
OCRC charges that CWRU violated R.C. 4112.022, which prohibits discrimination against handicapped persons by educational institutions. Specifically, the statute provides:
“It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any educational institution to discriminate against any individual on account of any handicap:
“(A) In…
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