Opinion ID: 2109211
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: The Applicability of the RIF to Dr. Hahn

Text: Dr. Hahn's final argument is that he was not subject to the 1999 RIF because he was never retained under the 1997 RIF. He contends that he was actually released under the 1997 RIF and thus was not in the class of those improperly retained in February 1997. The University president found, however, that Dr. Hahn was retained in 1997 after he established that he had a record of receiving grant awards that generated revenue for the University. That retention, unfortunately for Dr. Hahn, was based on provisions of the University RIF plan abrogating the CBA, and it had to be rescinded after the federal courts ruled that the University and the Control Board had no authority to override the CBA. Because Dr. Hahn was retained, albeit improperly, during the 1997 RIF, he became subject to the 1999 RIF. The University president's finding to that effect was not arbitrary or capricious, or erroneous as a matter of law, and hence must be upheld. See Kegley, 440 A.2d at 1019.