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updated 3:39 p.m. ET April 22, 2009

NEW YORK - A professor at Columbia University's Teachers College who was fired over plagiarism allegations is suing the graduate school for $200 million.

Madonna Constantine filed a lawsuit in Manhattan Supreme Court on Tuesday calling her 2008 firing an "academic lynching."

Constantine was a clinical psychology professor at Teachers College, which is affiliated with Columbia University. She says her firing was fueled by "academic rivalry and political intrigue."

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Teachers College says the lawsuit has no merit and intends to defend itself vigorously.

Constantine's firing came after a noose was found dangling from her office door. Police never determined who put it there.

In October, the former professor filed a lawsuit seeking to have her firing reversed.