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Judge Removes University of New Brunswick From U.S. State Senator's Defamation Suit

The judge ruled UNB is an organ of a foreign state and dismissed the claims against it in the thesis dispute, court records show.

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FREDERICTON — An Oklahoma judge has removed the University of New Brunswick as a defendant in a defamation lawsuit filed by a Pennsylvania state senator with ties to U.S. President Donald Trump. Sen. Doug Mastriano alleged defamation, racketeering, antitrust and other claims against UNB and almost two dozen academics in 2024 over criticism of his academic research into First World War hero Sgt. Alvin York. The university granted Mastriano a doct…

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CBC News broke the news in Ottawa, Canada on Wednesday, September 23, 2026.
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