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University of Colorado Boulder

Public university in Colorado; its committees investigated Professor Ward Churchill's work in 2005 to 2007.

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Ward Churchill Jul 2007 dismissed after faculty committees found research misconduct; a jury in 2009 found the regents would not have fired him but for his comments about 9/11 and awarded $1; the trial judge set the verdict aside on immunity, reinstatement was denied, and the Colorado Supreme Court upheld that in 2012 Scholarship & press 1 2 3

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Colorado Supreme Court upholds CU dismissal of Ward Churchill, CU Boulder Today, 10 Sep 2012. Scholarship & press
Churchill was dismissed from the university in July of 2007 on a recommendation by then-CU President Hank Brown to the Board of Regents.
Churchill v. University of Colorado, ACLU of Colorado, 10 Sep 2012. Scholarship & press
The jury found that the Regents would not have fired Churchill but for his controversial comments about 9/11. The jury awarded $1 in nominal damages for this violation of the First Amendment.
Ward Churchill, professor who challenged his dismissal over 9/11 essay, dies at 78, The Philadelphia Inquirer, reprinting the New York Times, 14 Aug 2026. Scholarship & press
Ward L. Churchill, a professor whose firing by the University of Colorado in 2007 inspired a lawsuit that became a landmark case about academic freedom and free speech, has died. He was 78.
Report of the Investigative Committee of the Standing Committee on Research Misconduct at the University of Colorado at Boulder concerning Allegations of Academic Misconduct against Professor Ward Churchill, University of Colorado Boulder, 16 May 2006. Primary record Archived copy
Report of the Investigative Committee of the Standing Committee on Research Misconduct at the University of Colorado at Boulder concerning Allegations of Academic Misconduct against Professor Ward Churchill

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