State ex rel. Natalina Food Co. v. Ohio Civil Rights Commission

In this appeal, relator-appellant, Natalina Food Company (“Natalina”), seeks a writ of prohibition to prevent respondentappellee, the Ohio Civil Rights Commission (“OCRC”), from conducting an administrative hearing on an OCRC complaint. The OCRC complaint alleges that Natalina discharged Paul S. O’Brien, Sr. because of his age and handicap in violation of R.C. 4112.02(A). Natalina contends that the OCRC lacks jurisdiction to decide O’Brien’s discrimination claim because O’Brien is a West Virginia resident whose employment occurred principally in that state, not in Ohio.

The material facts…