Central Ohio Waterproofing Co. v. Smith

This cause came on to be heard upon the appeal from the court of Common Pleas of Clinton County.

This is an appeal by Central Ohio Waterproofing Co. (hereinafter “appellant”), from a decision of the Court of Common Pleas of Clinton County which dismissed for lack of subject matter jurisdiction appellant’s appeal from a decision by appellee Warren J. Smith, Director of the Ohio Department of Transportation, to decertify appellant as a women-owned minority business.

In August 1980, appellant was certified by the Ohio Department of Transportation (hereinafter “ODOT”) as a business owned and…