CU Regents Dismiss Professor Ward Churchill; Churchill Files Suit

July 26, 2007 on 2:13 am | In Analysis

On July 24, 2007, the Regents of the University of Colorado voted to fire Professor Churchill - for inaccurate footnotes and citation, they say, not for his politically controversial speech … Ward Churchill’s attorney David Lane filed suit against the University and the Regents on July 25, charging them with retaliatory termination in violation of Professor Churchill’s First Amendment rights.

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