Showing posts with label Attorneys' Fees. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Attorneys' Fees. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 11, 2024

Texas Must Pay FFRF $346K Attorneys' Fees by August 5

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  Freedom From Religion Foundation, Inc. v. Abbott ,  (WD TX, June 5, 2024), is an opinion and order requiring the state of Texas to pay Fre...
Tuesday, November 28, 2023

Attorney Fee Award to Freedom from Religion Foundation of $342K Recommended.

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In another demonstration of the high cost to governmental entities of litigating First Amendment claims, a Texas federal magistrate judge in...
Thursday, November 10, 2022

Parties Agree To $2 Million + Attorneys' Fees in Christian Flag Case

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After plaintiffs'  win in the Supreme Court in Shurtleff v. City of Boston  (the Christian flag case), plaintiffs sought to recover att...
Tuesday, February 01, 2022

Cert. Filed In Synagogue Picketing Case While Plaintiffs Are Ordered To Pay $158K Attorneys' Fees Of Picketers

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A petition for certiorari ( full text ) was filed recently in Brysk v. Herskovitz, (Sup. Ct., filed Jan. 19, 2022). In the case, the U.S. 6t...
Wednesday, December 08, 2021

Loss On COVID Houses Of Worship Restrictions Proves Costly To New York

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After extensive litigation, in February a New York federal district court (without opposition from the state) issued an injunction against N...
Friday, August 23, 2019

6th Circuit Decides 2 Cases Growing Out of Kim Davis' Marriage License Refusals

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In Ermold v. Davis ,  (6th Cir., Aug. 23, 2019), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals held that sovereign immunity protects former Rowan Co...
Friday, November 09, 2018

Attorneys Get Fee Award In Trinity Lutheran Case

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Yesterday, a Missouri federal district court handed down a fee award to successful plaintiff's counsel in last year's important Trin...
Sunday, August 19, 2018

Court Awards Attorneys' Fees In Contraceptive Mandate Case

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In Catholic Benefits Association LCA v. Azar , (WD OK, Aug. 15, 2018), an Oklahoma federal district court awarded attorneys' fees that ...
Thursday, February 22, 2018

Supreme Court Defines Prisoner Contributions To Attorney Fee Awards

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The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday in Murphy v. Smith ,  (Sup. Ct., Feb. 21, 2018), in a 5-4 decision, decided on the proper interpretation of...
Thursday, February 15, 2018

City Considering Crowdfunding To Pay Ten Commandments Litigation Costs

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The Farmington Daily Times reports that the city of Bloomfield, New Mexico may take an unusual approach to paying the $700,000 attorneys...
Saturday, July 22, 2017

Plaintiffs Awarded Attorneys' Fees In Suit Against County Clerk Kim Davis

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In Miller v. Davis , (ED KY, July 21, 2017) a Kentucky federal district court awarded $224,703 in attorney’s fees and costs to plaintiffs wh...
Tuesday, January 26, 2016

States In Total Liable For Over $13.6M In Lawyers' Fees In Same-Sex Marriage Case Losses

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National Law Journal yesterday reported on its compilation of legal fees that 26 states which unsuccessfully defended same-sex marriage ban...
Monday, January 25, 2016

SCOTUS: State Courts Can Award Attorneys' Fees In Sec. 1983 Cases Only If Suit Was Unreasonable

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Suits under 42 USC Sec. 1983 for deprivation of federal civil rights may be brought in state court as well as federal court. Today the U.S....