Former county clerk had disputed lawyers’ fees for Kentucky couple who won $100,000 damages

Kim Davis, the former county clerk who refused to issue marriage licenses in Kentucky to same-sex couples, must pay a total of $260,104 in fees and expenses to attorneys who represented one couple, according to a federal judge’s ruling.

That is in addition to $100,000 in damages a jury said the former Rowan county clerk should pay the couple who sued.

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Davis drew international attention when she was briefly jailed in 2015 over her refusal despite the US supreme court’s legalization of same-sex marriage. She based her refusal on her belief that marriage should only be between a man and a woman.

    • Melllvar@startrek.websiteEnglish
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      11 months ago

      Generally, states where County Clerk is an elected position are states where county-level government is particularly important and powerful. For example, the Clerk might be in charge of elections or determining property values for tax assessment.

    • UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      Its an administrative position in the municipal bureaucracy. Not totally outlandish to have an election to fill it. In this particular case, she’s made a small fortune in campaign donations by doing a pouty face for the national news every time she’s caught violating the oath she took to assume the job.