ACLU seeks $65,000 for Jesus portrait case
The American Civil Liberties Union of Louisiana has asked a federal judge to award the organization more than $65,000 in attorneys fees and court costs, stemming from a ruling earlier this month that said Slidell officials broke the law by hanging a portrait of Jesus on the wall at Slidell City Court.
U.S. District Court Judge Ivan L.R. Lemelle’s decision provided the ACLU with $1 in damages . . .
Mike Johnson, senior legal counsel with the Alliance Defense Fund, a pro-Christian legal organization that is representing the Slidell court, said he planned to file a motion in opposition to the ACLU’s request. Attorneys fees, he said, should be awarded in proportion to the win, which he still debates.
“This victory is really a hollow one,” Johnson said, noting that the judge awarded the ACLU just $1 in damages. “It’s meaningless.”
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