Kentucky Church Brings Pandemic-Era Legal Dispute to Supreme Court

The church says it’s unfair that it was denied attorney’s fees after a lockdown policy was blocked.
Kentucky Church Brings Pandemic-Era Legal Dispute to Supreme Court
Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear speaks to reporters at the Kentucky State Capitol in Frankfort, Ky., on April 7, 2021. Timothy D. Easley/AP Photo
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A Kentucky church is asking the Supreme Court to decide if the state government must pay its legal expenses from a challenge to COVID-19-era restrictions on church attendance.

The church is arguing that its constitutional rights were violated when it was denied attorney’s fees in its lawsuit, after the same court awarded those fees to litigants in another lawsuit based on the same facts.