Attorneys representing ORU along with Richard Roberts moved to have the case dismissed. Their claim was that the former professors omitted any relevant support for their allegations in the wrongful termination suit filings. Richard Roberts is the former ORU president.

Richard Roberts resigned his position with Oral Roberts University amid rumors that he had misspent funds on luxurious living. The claim was that this happened during the time the school was under $50 million in accumulated debts. Allegations of misspending surround the purchase of horse stables, several shopping trips, and a vacation for Richard Roberts' daughter to the Bahamas on the school's jet. A third professor John Swails had been a part of the original lawsuit filing. However, he took a settlement from ORU back in January of this year and is no longer involved with the current lawsuit.
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The original filing date of the lawsuit was October 2, 2007. Filings for the suit originally involved the third professor John Swails. The professors made claims that they were forced from their positions with the university when they unveiled the schools involvement with a local political race. When they gave documentation to the school regarding all of the moral allegations against Roberts and the other leaders they were dismissed from their positions. The Oklahoma Supreme Court also ruled this week that it will not strike down a gag order set in place earlier this year in January. The gag order prohibits everyone involved in the lawsuit from discussing the case to anyone in the public outside of the courtroom.