Here is a list of nine famous copy cases where each incident was reached and resolved in court. You can also see what the consequences of plagiarism can be in such cases. In In re Mundie, 453 Fed.Appx. 9 (2011), the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit issued a public rebuke to attorney Steven A. Mundie for classifying attorney misconduct as plagiarism: ABA Center for Professional Responsibility is a national leader in the development and interpretation of scholarly standards and resources in the fields of legal and judicial ethics. Professional regulation, professionalism and client protection mechanisms. Annette Schavan, then Federal Minister of Education and Research, was accused of plagiarism in her thesis. The University of Düsseldorf opened the investigation, which led to the conclusion that 60 secondary sources were used in the work without attribution of authorship. According to the findings, Annette Schavan resigned from her ministerial post and her doctorate was revoked. That`s exactly what would have happened in Alex Haley`s 1976 book „Roots: The Saga of an American Family,“ which tells the story of a young African man sold into slavery in the eighteenth century. This book had a great influence on popular culture in the West. The book „Roots“ contained plagiarism.
Some sections of the book are compared to Harold Courlander`s 1965 novel „The African“. However, his doctorate was not revoked. While this plagiarism may have cast a shadow over King`s achievements, it hasn`t significantly changed the way people perceive him. Nevertheless, this case serves as a warning. Even after death, any case of plagiarism can be raised. It could cast a shadow over a person`s life accomplishments and all they have worked for. In January 1982, Gabrielle Napolitano, then in her final year at Princeton University, plagiarized most of her 12 pages in a Spanish course from a book in the library. While quoting the book in five footnotes, it did not include citations in the text for some paraphrased documents, and it did not include evidence of citations for many verbatim quotations. The professor knew the book and immediately recognized the plagiarism. Princeton University`s disciplinary committee unanimously concluded in February 1982 that Napolitano had committed plagiarism and recommended punishing the one-year delay in his bachelor`s degree. Napolitano filed a lawsuit and the judge recommended Princeton grant him a new hearing.
The Discipline Committee granted her a new hearing in May 1982 and again unanimously found her guilty of plagiarism and again recommended – with an abstention of eight votes – that she be denied a degree for one year. The trial court ruled that the evidence supported Princeton`s conclusion that Napolitano had plagiarized, and the Court of Appeals upheld. Napolitano v. Princeton Univ., 453 A.2d 279 (N.J.Super.Ch.Div. 1982), aff`d 453 A.2d 263 (N.J.Super. 1982). Dr. Jamil Hanifi plagiarized elements of a book and essay in his doctoral dissertation at Southern Illinois University in 1969. Hanifi later published „his“ thesis in a book, including „three of the nine substantive chapters. were plagiarized. The author of the essay discovered plagiarism in 1976, the author of the book discovered plagiarism in 1977. Southern Illinois University learned about plagiarism in 1981.
At the time, Hanifi was a professor of anthropology at Northern Illinois University, who was considered the new chair of the department. Hanifi briefly summarized a long recital in the court notice, Hanifi had the choice to resign or be fired, Hanifi decided to resign. Hanifi then filed a lawsuit claiming that his resignation had been forced. Hanifi v Board of Regents, 1994 WL 871887 (Ill.Ct.Cl. 1994). The Iowa court refers to cases of plagiarism in the academic context – a very different universe. See In Re Zbiegien, 433 N.W.2d 871 (1988) As such, this case of plagiarism has somewhat tarnished the author`s reputation and what he has accomplished; but in the current era, such forms of accidental plagiarism are much easier to protect through digital searches in plagiarism detection software such as Viper. However, the second lady of the United States of America has not been formally punished for this. Although it can be said that such punishment was imposed informally via social media and by the global press. Of course, Melania Trump may not have been aware of the copied elements of her speech. There are many high-level people who are aware of such plagiarism and yet use the ideas and work of others.
After all this information was revealed, the university revoked Annette`s doctoral thesis and permanently removed Schavan from the post of Minister of Education and Research. If the University of Düsseldorf had not carried out a plagiarism check, the problem would never have been discovered and solved. Therefore, Napolitano not only plagiarized, but also submitted a false statement, claiming that his own quotes from the book were quotes without proof of quotes. Note that Princeton`s definition of plagiarism requires no intention to mislead the reader. Napolitano v Princeton Univ., 453 A.2d 279, 281 (N.J.Super.Ch.Div. 1982). Still, if you have that sense of déjà vu when you`re writing something, perhaps in the age of technology, it might be wise to do some internet research to make sure it`s not just information your subconscious mind uses to influence you. If you do, you may be able to plagiarize. Especially when your work is presented to the public.