DENVER -- A judge has refused to reinstate a University of Colorado professor who was fired on plagiarism charges after he likened some Sept. 11 terrorist attack victims to a Nazi leader.
If it stands, Tuesday's ruling means Ward Churchill cannot return to the classroom even though a jury ruled in April that his firing was politically motivated.
Churchill wrote an essay after the 2001 attacks calling the World Trade Center victims "little Eichmanns," a reference to Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann.
The university fired Churchill in 2007 on the plagiarism charges and other research misconduct allegations. None of the allegations were about the Sept. 11 essay.
Churchill's attorney didn't immediately return a call. University officials say they would issue a statement later.
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