DENVER (AP) -- Lawyers for the University of Colorado have begun presenting their case against fired professor Ward Churchill, who is suing to get his job back.
Churchill triggered a national uproar with an essay comparing some Sept. 11 victims to a Nazi. He was fired on July 2007 over allegations of plagiarism and other research misconduct.
Churchill filed suit, saying the it was the Sept. 11 essay that cost him his job. Churchill's attorneys rested their case Wednesday.
Churchill defended his work on the stand Monday and Tuesday. He denies the research misconduct allegations.
The university says the investigation into Churchill's work was fair and his firing was justified.
The trial is in its third week.
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