Web designer wants legal fees for Supreme Court win in free speech, LGBTQ rights case
A web designer, who won a Supreme Court ruling that said the right to free speech allows some businesses to refuse same-sex weddings services, wants legal fees paid.
A Denver-area web designer who won a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last year that said the right to free speech allows some businesses to refuse to provide services for same-sex weddings has asked a judge in Colorado to award her nearly $2 million in legal fees.
Conservative legal organization Alliance Defending Freedom, which represented Christian web designer Lorie Smith in her fight against a Colorado anti-discrimination law, in a court filing, opens new tab on Wednesday said their victory after seven years entitled them to compensation.
“The journey was long, complex, and ground-breaking. Colorado (and later the United States) raised legal obstacles at every turn,” the lawyers told Chief U.S. District Judge Philip Brimmer in Denver.
They said their $2 million request would reimburse them for 2,174.4 hours of work on the litigation, a 36% reduction from the 3,374.9 billed hours they devoted to the case.
Smith in her lawsuit cited her beliefs against gay marriage as justifying her refusal to provide custom web design services for same-sex weddings.
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