[Vision2020] Idaho gay-marriage ban fight tab tops $71,000

[Tom Hansen]

Courtesy of today's (September 14, 2014) Spokesman-Review.

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Eye on Boise: Idaho gay-marriage ban fight tab tops $71,000
Idaho’s legal bill for challenging a federal judge’s decision overturning the state’s ban on gay marriage: $71,477.

Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden’s office reported spending $2,569 for an appellate filing fee and travel for two attorneys to the 9th Circuit arguments last week in San Francisco. Gov. Butch Otter’s office reported spending $68,899, including $66,920 for lawyers.

Monte Neil Stewart argued on behalf of Otter in San Francisco, and requested an emergency stay of U.S. Magistrate Judge Candy Dale’s decision overturning the ban while the state appealed.

Stewart charged the state $250 an hour, with a maximum charge of $50,000 for preparing the briefs and $7,000 for making the arguments.

The amounts don’t include salary costs for state employees who did the work as part of their existing jobs, including attorneys in Wasden’s and Otter’s offices. Cally Younger, an attorney for Otter, said the money for the additional expenses came from the governor’s general fund.

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Tom Hansen
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