Ohio University v. Ohio Civil Rights Commission

Abele, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} This is an appeal from an Athens County Common Pleas Court judgment that reversed the final order of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission (“commission”). The commission determined that Ohio University unlawfully denied Dr. Robert Lipset promotion and tenure due to his age. The commission and Dr. Lipset, 1 appellants herein, raise the following assignments of error for review:

First Assignment of Error:

The court of common pleas abused its discretion when it held that the final order of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission was unsupported by reliable, probative, and…