NORFOLK, Va. — Virginia will pay $520,000 to the lawyers for two same-sex couples who successfully challenged the state’s same-sex marriage ban.
The settlement agreement was filed Thursday in U.S. District Court in Norfolk. The attorneys had sought more than $1.7 million.
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Court papers show that attorneys logged 2,372 hours on the case. Their fees will be paid by the state Department of Treasury’s Division of Risk Management.
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U.S. District Judge Arenda Wright Allen declared Virginia’s same-sex marriage ban unconstitutional last February. A federal appeals court upheld the decision, and the U.S. Supreme Court refused to review the case.
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