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The Ward Churchill academic misconduct investigation concerned charges of plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification against Churchill at the University of Colorado at Boulder, where Churchill was a professor at the time. On May 16, 2006, the investigative committee released its findings that Churchill had engaged in academic misconduct and had been "disrespectful of Indian oral traditions."[1]
The University's Standing Committee on Research Misconduct voted that Churchill should be dismissed. Chancellor Phil DiStefano then recommended to the University's Board of Regents that Churchill be dismissed. After an investigation of Churchill's past research, Churchill was fired by the University on July 24, 2007 for research misconduct, including plagiarism, fabrication, and falsification.[1]
Subsequent to his firing, Churchill sued the University for damages and reinstatement. According to Churchill's lawyer, "the search for professional misconduct was simply a pretext for a foregone decision to get rid of him." On April 1, 2009, a Colorado jury found that Churchill had been wrongly fired. At the verdict, Churchill's counsel asked Judge Larry J. Naves of Denver District Court to order reinstatement, in light of the verdict.[2] On July 7, 2009, Naves vacated the monetary award and declined Churchill's request to order his reinstatement, deciding the university has "quasi-judicial immunity". On February 18, 2010, Churchill appealed the judges decision.[3][4]