Court rules Ohio Civil Rights Commission discriminated against employees

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) -- The Ohio Civil Rights Commission, the agency in charge of investigating allegations of unlawful discrimination, was found by a federal court to be liable for unlawful discrimination. 

In two separate cases, the commission and its director, Angela Phelps-White, were found to have deliberately discriminated against high-ranking women within the state organization. 

The commission investigates discrimination in the workplace, in housing, and in education.