Ward Churchill Asked To Pay $52,000 For Legal Fees

BOULDER, Colo. — The University of Colorado is seeking to recover funds it spent fighting a wrongful termination lawsuit filed by a professor who was fired on plagiarism charges after he likened some Sept. 11 terrorist attack victims to a Nazi leader.

CU filed its bill for more than $52,000 in court last week.

The school faced pressure to fire professor Ward Churchill over an essay in which he likened some Sept. 11 terrorism victims to a Nazi who helped orchestrate the Holocaust. University officials concluded it was constitutionally protected expression.

However, Churchill was fired in 2007 after a review of his other work concluded he had plagiarized.

A Denver jury ruled in April that CU unlawfully fired Churchill but awarded him only $1 in damages. His lawyer has said he plans to appeal a judge's ruling denying Churchill reinstatement at CU.

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Information from: Daily Camera, http://www.dailycamera.com/

Comments

[kareemachan]

04:00 PM on 10/18/2009

He should have realized that his other writings would be scrutinized before penning his cr@p.

[InYourWorld]

10:23 AM on 10/16/2009

This guy should pay up. For an anti-establishment type he sure was quick to sue.........