Fort Lauderdale lost a homeless feeding ban case. Now the city owes $640,000 in attorneys' fees.
Fort Lauderdale now owes $640,000 in attorneys’ fees nearly a decade after the city approved a ban on public feeding that was later ruled unconstitutional. The money will go to the five attorneys who represented Fort Lauderdale Food Not Bombs in the nonprofit group’s federal lawsuit against Fort Lauderdale — a case the city lost. The case, which centered on a city law that regulated when and ...