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    • High court won’t hear appeal in anti-gay defamation lawsuit
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      High court won’t hear appeal in anti-gay defamation lawsuit

      Andrew Shirvell was fired as assistant attorney general in 2010 for waging an anti-gay campaign against former student government president Chris Armstrong.

      Monday, November 2, 2015
    • Appeals court rules against ex-Michigan state attorney in anti-gay defamation suit
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      Appeals court rules against ex-Michigan state attorney in anti-gay defamation suit

      An appeals court says a fired lawyer for the state of Michigan should not be granted a new trial in a defamation suit filed by a gay former University of Michigan student government president.

      Monday, February 2, 2015
    • Court: State lawyer’s ‘bullying’ of gay student not protected by 1st Amendment
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      Court: State lawyer’s ‘bullying’ of gay student not protected by 1st Amendment

      The court said attorney general’s office was justified in firing Andrew Shirvell in 2010 because his posts on Facebook and an anti-gay blog, as well as his campus visits and TV appearances, had an adverse impact on the agency’s credibility.

      Saturday, January 10, 2015
    • Former prosecutor wants job back after being fired for harassing gay student
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      Former prosecutor wants job back after being fired for harassing gay student

      DETROIT — A former assistant attorney general for the state of Michigan who was fired after expressing hostility toward a gay University of Michigan student government president has filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against the state’s current attorney general and his predecessor.

      Monday, November 11, 2013
    • Former prosecutor ordered to pay $4.5 million for defaming gay student
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      Former prosecutor ordered to pay $4.5 million for defaming gay student

      DETROIT — Former state assistant attorney general Andrew Shirvell was ordered to pay $4.5 million in damages after a federal jury on Thursday ruled that his blog — “Chris Armstrong Watch” — which attacked the former University of Michigan’s openly gay student body president, was in fact defamation.

      Thursday, August 16, 2012
    • Fired prosecutor to face jury in alleged harassment of gay student leader
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      Fired prosecutor to face jury in alleged harassment of gay student leader

      DETROIT — Jury selection began Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Detroit in a civil lawsuit against a former Assistant Attorney General of Michigan, who stands accused of stalking and defaming a gay former student government leader at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

      Wednesday, August 8, 2012
    • Judge tosses out lawsuit against former University of Michigan student president
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      Judge tosses out lawsuit against former University of Michigan student president

      DETROIT — A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought against the former University of Michigan student council president Chris Armstrong, the latest setback for Andrew Shirvell, the former Michigan assistant attorney general who was fired .

      Wednesday, April 18, 2012
    • Grievance officer: Sacked Assistant AG made ‘media spectacle of himself’
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      Grievance officer: Sacked Assistant AG made ‘media spectacle of himself’

      LANSING, Mich. — A grievance officer of the state Civil Service Commission on Tuesday ruled that former Michigan assistant attorney general Andrew Shirvell had made a “media spectacle” of himself and the state’s attorney general’s office after publishing a blog attacking the former University of Michigan student body president for his alleged “radical homosexual agenda.”

      Tuesday, March 27, 2012
    • Shirvell now suing attorney who represents openly gay student whom he harassed
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      Shirvell now suing attorney who represents openly gay student whom he harassed

      Former Michigan assistant attorney general Andrew Shirvell is claiming in a new lawsuit filed in federal court, that prominent Detroit attorney Deborah Gordon used information she had gathered from prior cases in an effort question his professional behavior and reputation, a move Shirvell contends led to his firing.

      Wednesday, November 2, 2011
    • Judge slams former Assistant AG in case alleging harassment of gay student
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      Judge slams former Assistant AG in case alleging harassment of gay student

      DETROIT — Former Michigan Assistant Attorney General Andrew Shirvell was rebuked by a federal judge this week for attempting to circumvent procedures and find a shortcut way of wrapping up a lawsuit against him for allegedly harassing an openly gay college student.

      Saturday, October 15, 2011
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