Waite v. Civil Service Commission

Miller, Justice:

Appellant, Martha Waite, a classified civil service employee, asks this Court to set aside a decision of the West Virginia Civil Service Commission denying her a hearing before the Commission.1

Appellant attacks the decision of the Commission on two grounds: (1) W.Va. Code, 29-6-13 [1961], on which the Commission relied, violates the Due Process Clause of both the United States and West Virginia Constitutions; and (2) this section also violates the Equal Protection Clauses of the United States and West Virginia Constitutions.

By letter dated November 6, 1974, appellant, a nurse…