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FEDERAL: Federal District Judge Awards ACLU Lawyers $44,208 in attorneys fees for prevailing in Ten Commandments Case

By Michael Stevens

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Here is the AP story at the Herald Leader reporting on the $44,000+ award of attorneys fees in the Ten Commandments Case.  Click on: Download https___ecf.kywd.uscourts.gov_cgi-bin_show_temp.pl_file=27472-1042153-0--headed_LM.pdf for the actual court order. 

Click on the heading for the entire story from the H-L:

Attorneys to split fees in 10 Commandments case
By Brett Barrouquere - Associated Press

LOUISVILLE ? Two attorneys have been awarded more than $44,000 in fees after winning a battle over the public display of the Ten Commandments at a Kentucky courthouse.

U.S. District Judge Joseph H. McKinley said attorneys David Friedman and William E. Sharp, both of whom argued the case for the American Civil Liberties Union, should split $44,208 after winning a permanent injunction keeping the text out of the courthouse.

"Because there are no special circumstances which would render an award of attorneys fees unjust, the plaintiffs are entitled to an award of attorney fees ...," McKinley wrote.

McKinley on Wednesday also awarded the attorneys court costs of $3,252.

Full post as published by Kentucky Law Blog on December 02, 2008 (boomark / email).

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