State Ex Rel. American Legion Post 25 v. Ohio Civil Rights Commission

Powell, Presiding Judge.

{¶ 1} Relator-appellant, American Legion Post 25, appeals an order of the Fayette County Court of Common Pleas dismissing its action for mandamus, in which appellant sought to compel respondents-appellees, the Ohio Civil Rights Commission and Ohio Attorney General Jim Petro, to issue a subpoena on behalf of appellant. 1

{¶ 2} On August 18, 2005, Carol Van Slyke (“complainant”), a former employee of appellant, filed a charge of discrimination with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission. Complainant alleged that she had been sexually harassed by appellant’s executive director,…