Former CU professor Ward Churchill speaks to reporters after winning his lawsuit against the University of Colorado. (April 2, 2009)

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DENVER - Jurors in the Ward Churchill civil case have found in the ousted professor's favor in his lawsuit against the University of Colorado, but only awarded Churchill one dollar in damages. Churchill sued CU to reclaim his job at after he was fired over claims of research misconduct and plagiarism. The former ethnic studies professor denies the allegations and says he was terminated in 2007 retaliation for an essay he wrote comparing some Sept. 11 victims to Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann, one the Holocaust's architects. The university has maintained that Churchill's firing was justified and that the investigation against him was unbiased. Churchill has maintained that money was never his goal. The judge will determine at a later date whether he should get his job back. "While we respect the jury's decision, we strongly disagree," CU president Bruce Benson said in a statement. "It doesn't change the fact that more than 20 of Ward Churchill's faculty peers on three separate panels unanimously found he engaged in deliberate and repeated plagiarism, falsification and fabrication that fell below the minimum standards of professional conduct. The jury's award is an indication of what they thought of the value of Ward Churchill's claim. We will examine our legal options."