A federal judge has ordered the state of Kentucky to pay more than $1 million to the attorneys who sued the state over its same-sex marriage ban, eventually taking it to the Supreme Court.
Last year’s Supreme Court case that legalized same-sex marriage was initiated by Louisville couples asking the state to?recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages.?
The attorneys originally requested $2.1 million in compensation from previous Gov. Steve Beshear. Beshear’s administration said that amount was unreasonable, and the two parties went back and forth without reaching an agreement.
Now a federal judge has ordered Republican Gov. Matt Bevin’s administration to pay $1.3 million. The court refused to grant the attorneys a compensation “enhancement” they had requested but also denied many of the state’s arguments to reduce the fee.
It’s unclear whether Bevin’s administration will appeal the order.
