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Posted: 8:35 AM Nov 29, 2008
Attorneys Get $44-Thousand For 10 Commandments Case
... American Civil Liberties Union Attorneys, to split $44,208 after winning a permanent injunction keeping the text out of the courthouse.
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LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - 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.
Friedman and Sharp represented two citizens, Raymond Harper and Ed Meredith, who sued in 2001 claiming the intent of displaying the commandments in a public building was religious and violated the Constitution. In March, McKinley granted a permanent injunction barring the display of the Ten Commandments as part of a "Foundations of American Law and Government" display.
No public money was used to set up the display in the county courthouse in Leitchfield, about 75 miles southwest of Louisville.
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That shall not kill, one of the ten commandments that the judge will send you to jail for but won't display them. Doen't make sense. If you don't believe in them how can you say that killing someone is wrong. See my problem with this.
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David Friedman and William E. Sharp---------It will be interesting to see how many people remember these two when looking for an honest attorney.
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This old baptist preacher agrees with this decision ,religion should be in your heart not with signs and posters or stickers on your car let your religion be personal amen
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