Two Texas couples who fought to overturn the state's ban on same-sex marriage were awarded more than $600,000 in attorneys fees and other costs, a federal appeals court decided this week.
Mark Phariss and his husband Vic Holmes, and Cleopatra DeLeon and her wife Nicole Dimetman waged a years-long legal battle to do away with Texas' anti-gay marriage laws. On Tuesday, the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals awarded their attorneys $585,470.30 in fees and $20,202.90 in other costs.
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