A federal district court upheld the monument in August 2006.
Final legal fee and cost amounts are to be determined on remand to federal district court. The appellate court taxed the commissioners with about $820 in appeal costs."
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Commissioners must pay fees in Ten Commandments lawsuit (The Journal Record)
Monday, August 17, 2009The Journal Record: "Haskell County commissioners must pay the attorney fees, costs and expenses of American Civil Liberties Union lawyers in the federal lawsuit over a Ten Commandments monument on the courthouse lawn in Stigler, the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has held.
The board of county commissioners lost a case challenging the monument. However, an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund, which represented the commissioners, has said the U.S. Supreme Court will be asked to hear the case during its next term.
Final legal fee and cost amounts are to be determined on remand to federal district court. The appellate court taxed the commissioners with about $820 in appeal costs."
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