Pa. transit system to pay atheist group $275,000 in legal fees after refusing its ads
Updated Dec 30, 2020;
The County of Lackawanna Transit System (COLTS) agreed to pay $275,000 in attorney’s fees incurred by an atheist group that successfully challenged its policy that barred it from placing ads on the agency’s buses.
Attorneys with the American Civil Liberties Union and a private law firm that represented the Freethought Society sought $633,337 in legal fees and $9,121 in costs. COLTS’ attorney, William McPartland of the Marshall Dennehey firm in Philadelphia, challenged the request, arguing it was excessive.
“We think this is a satisfactory resolution to the dispute over the ACLU’s legal fees,” said Tim Hinton, COLTS’ solicitor.
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