Michael Mann worked at UVA and was awarded $250 in damages for some slight during this time period. I don’t know the full story though it was reported in Virginia at the time.
He was hired by UVA even though his work was in question and it seemed his employment was meant to defray his discreditation at U. Penn
Wait a minute! As I remember it Mann’s academic Long March post award of PhD went from UVA to Penn State to Yale.
When did he end up at Penn? Penn State & Penn are not the same universities! There only commonality is being located in Pennsylvania.