Sarah Atwood Lansing State Journal
EAST LANSING — Michigan State University and a former business school dean who said he was fired as part of a scheme to keep him from becoming president of the university have reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit.
Former Broad College of Business Dean Sanjay Gupta asked U.S. District Court Judge Paul Maloney on Tuesday to dismiss his lawsuit against several university officials.
Maloney granted the request with prejudice, and with "each party bearing their own costs and attorney fees except as provided in the parties’ settlement agreement," according to court records.
In February 2023, Gupta sued the university and several officials, claiming he was fired and falsely accused of mandatory reporting violations related to MSU's relationship violence and sexual misconduct policies as part of a scheme to keep him from becoming MSU's next president and "enhance" former interim President Teresa Woodruff's personal ambitions to lead the university.
Gupta's attorney, Chicago-based Nancy Temple of Katten & Temple, did not immediately respond for comment Wednesday morning.
Amber McCann, spokesperson for MSU, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday morning.
EAST LANSING — Michigan State University and a former business school dean who said he was fired as part of a scheme to keep him from becoming president of the university have reached a settlement in a federal lawsuit.
Former Broad College of Business Dean Sanjay Gupta asked U.S. District Court Judge Paul Maloney on Tuesday to dismiss his lawsuit against several university officials.
Maloney granted the request with prejudice, and with "each party bearing their own costs and attorney fees except as provided in the parties’ settlement agreement," according to court records.
In February 2023, Gupta sued the university and several officials, claiming he was fired and falsely accused of mandatory reporting violations related to MSU's relationship violence and sexual misconduct policies as part of a scheme to keep him from becoming MSU's next president and "enhance" former interim President Teresa Woodruff's personal ambitions to lead the university.
Gupta's attorney, Chicago-based Nancy Temple of Katten & Temple, did not immediately respond for comment Wednesday morning.
Amber McCann, spokesperson for MSU, did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday morning.
MSU settles lawsuit with former business school dean who said he was wrongly fired
MSU and former business school dean Sanjay Gupta settled a lawsuit over his firing that he claimed was a scheme to keep him from MSU's presidency.
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