Local 4501, Communications Workers of America v. Ohio State University

The Union appeals to this court setting forth the singular proposition of law that “due process of law guarantees a classified civil service employee of the state of Ohio [the right] to preserve testimony presented by the appointing authority and himself at a pretermination disciplinary hearing.”

As properly relied upon by the court of appeals below, Cleveland Bd. of Edn. v. Loudermill (1985), 470 U.S. 532, is the controlling case that speaks to the issue of what process is due an employee in a pretermination hearing. The Loudermill court held generally that “the pretermination ‘hearing,’…