Opening Arguments Set In Churchill Lawsuit Against CU
POSTED: 4:56 am MDT March 10, 2009
UPDATED: 7:29 am MDT March 10, 2009
DENVER -- Opening arguments are scheduled for Tuesday in the case of a controversial University of Colorado professor who is suing to get his job back. A jury was seated Monday to hear Ward Churchill's lawsuit against CU, which fired him in 2007. Churchill said the school fired him over an essay he wrote about the Sept. 11 attacks. But the university insisted he was fired after three committees of faculty members from Colorado and other universities accused Churchill of plagiarism, fabrication and other research misconduct. Churchill's essay said the 2001 terrorist attacks were triggered by an unjust U-S foreign policy and likened those killed in the World Trade Center to "little Eichmans," a reference to Nazi Adolf Eichman.
Churchill was a tenured ethnic studies professor who claims to be part American Indian.
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Previous Stories:
- March 9, 2009: Churchill Lawsuit Trial Begins Today
- March 5, 2009: Ayers: Churchill Victim Of 'Witch Hunt'
- January 13, 2009: CU Wants To Hire 'Professor Of Conservative Thought'
- October 23, 2008: Colorado Professors Join In Petition Supporting Bill Ayers
- October 3, 2007: Fired Professor Teaches Anyway
- July 25, 2007: Fight Not Over: Churchill Sues CU
- July 24, 2007: CU Board Fires Ward Churchill
- June 28, 2006: Churchill Calls CU's Move To Dismiss Him A 'Charade'
- May 16, 2006: CU Report: Churchill Committed 'Deliberate' Academic Misconduct
- March 3, 2006: Suspended Teacher Backs Off Federal Lawsuit
- August 23, 2005: CU No Longer Looking Into Churchill's Ethnicity
- August 19, 2005: CU Delays Decision On Whether To Allow Churchill Sabbatical
- May 27, 2005: Churchill Denied Teaching Award
- May 24, 2005: Churchill To Meet With CU Representatives
- May 16, 2005: Churchill Faces Deadline To Respond To Plagiarism Charges
- March 24, 2005: CU: Churchill's Essay Protected But Alleged Plagiarism Needs Further Review
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