AMERICAN UNIV. v. COM'N ON HUMAN RIGHTS

No. 90-470.

598 A.2d 416 (1991)

The AMERICAN UNIVERSITY, Petitioner, v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS, Respondent.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided October 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Benjamin P. Lamberton, with whom William T. Irelan and Anthony C. Morella, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for petitioner.

Martin B. White, Asst. Corp. Counsel, with whom Herbert O. Reid, Sr., Corp. Counsel at the time the brief was filed, and Charles L. Reischel, Deputy Corp. Counsel, Washington, D.C., were on the brief for respondent.

Before FARRELL and WAGNER, Associate Judges, and GALLAGHER, Senior Judge.


WAGNER, Associate Judge:

American University (the "University") petitions for review of a decision of the District of Columbia Commission on Human Rights (the "Commission") finding that the University discriminated against its former employee, Marionette Phelps, (the "complainant")1 because it fired her for poor job performance without making reasonable accommodation for her handicap (manic-depressive...

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