Attorneys for a professor who's suing the University of Illinois over a lost job offer have asked a federal judge to restore claims that evidence in the case was destroyed.
When the Judge denied the university's motion to dismiss Steven Salaita's lawsuit, he also dismissed the evidence claim.
Salaita's attorneys argue that the university's recent release of emails in which then-Chancellor Phyllis Wise used a personal account to discuss university business, backs their claim.
Wise mentions in an email that she was deleting them after sending. Wise has since resigned.
The university last year rescinded Salaita's job offer over a series of anti-Israel Twitter messages.
