Will City Pay Plaintiff's Legal Fees In Prayer Case?

Now that the U.S. Supreme Court has denied certiorari in Great Falls, SC v. Wynne, in which the Court of Appeals banned explicitly sectarian prayers at town council meetings , a battle is looming over legal fees. A federal court last month ordered Great Falls to pay $53,000 in legal fees that Darla Wynne incurred in her four-year fight over the prayers. The Rock Hill, SC Herald reported earlier this week that Town Council meets next Monday, but its agenda does not include action on the federal court order. If Great Falls does not pay this week, Wynne's lawyer, Herbert Buhl, said he will ask the federal court to enforce the order and send federal marshals to seize assets so he can collect.