County to pay ACLU legal fees (Tulsa World)

Tulsa World:  "A federal appeals court ruled Thursday that Haskell County commissioners must pay the legal fees of the ACLU of Oklahoma in its lawsuit against a Ten Commandments monument in Stigler.

The 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals concluded that the American Civil Liberties Union is entitled to recover its attorneys' fees, costs and expenses because it prevailed in its lawsuit.

The Denver-based court decided June 8 that the 8-foot monument on the county courthouse lawn violates the U.S. Constitution because the monument's primary effect is to endorse religion."

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