Madonna G. Constantine, the former Columbia University professor who was fired in 2008 for plagiarism, has lost one of three lawsuits she filed against the university and her accusers, the Associated Press reported. In a ruling issued on Tuesday, a Manhattan judge dismissed the lawsuit, saying officials of Columbia’s Teachers College had acted within their authority in dismissing Ms. Constantine. Her lawyer said she would press on with a $200-million defamation suit in state court and a federal discrimination complaint. She denies the plagiarism findings that led to her firing.
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One Response to Court Dismisses 1 of 3 Complaints Filed by Madonna Constantine
cu_alum - March 21, 2010 at 12:17 am
Fwiw, Columbia and Teachers College are separate legal entities. (The relationship is analogous in many ways to that of Columbia and Barnard.) Constantine was a professor at TC, not CU, and it was TC that fired her. I don’t know whether CU is a party to the lawsuit or not.