TULSA, Okla. — Tulsa County will pay nearly $300,000 in attorney fees that were incurred during its unsuccessful defense of Oklahoma’s ban on same sex-marriage.
The Tulsa World reports a district judge awarded attorneys for a lesbian couple almost $300,000 in fees and costs related to the county’s appeal of a lower court ruling. Three attorneys for the couple had requested almost $400,000 in attorney fees and nearly $2,000 in costs.
Attorneys for Tulsa County argued that a more appropriate amount would be just over $100,000.
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The 10th Circuit Court overturned the ban July 18.
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