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Farmers Branch given plaintiff legal bill in battle over illegal immigrant ban
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| Contributor | DFWDem |
| Last Edited | DFWDem Sep 27, 2008 12:44pm |
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| Category | Legal Ruling |
| Media | Newspaper - Dallas Morning News |
| News Date | Friday, September 26, 2008 06:00:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | By FRANK TREJO and STEPHANIE SANDOVAL / The Dallas Morning News
Farmers Branch was hit Friday with a request for $480,000 to cover the legal fees of a group that successfully sued over one of the city's attempts to ban apartment rentals to illegal immigrants.
That's more than half what the city has spent since 2006 on its legal fight to rid the city of illegal immigrants.
Filings from two other organizations that challenged the measure – the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund and the American Civil Liberties Union of Texas – were not yet available.
The fees are for work done to block Ordinance 2903, which sought to prevent apartment owners from renting to illegal immigrants.
The city's voters overwhelmingly approved the ordinance in May 2007, but it was struck down earlier this year by U.S. District Judge Sam Lindsay.
Judge Lindsay also ordered the city to pay plaintiff legal fees. |
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