Woods v. State Civil Service Commission

I agree with the Majority’s determination that the removal letter provided sufficient notice to Woods. However, I respectfully dissent from the Majority’s conclusion that the New Castle Youth Development Center (Center) lacked just cause for his termination.

Woods worked as a counselor for juveniles who were committed to the Center after being adjudicated delinquent. (Reproduced Record (R.R.) 37a, 39a). Woods was assigned to a cottage unit that housed approximately thirty-five children. (R.R. 38a). He served as a role model to these students and interacted with their families and the court on…