If you see OKC Mayor David Holt standing on a street corner begging for change, I guess we know why!
Just months after the U.S. Supreme Court put an official end to the city's dogged attempt to reinstate an ordinance that prevented people from begging for change on city medians because they annoyed snobby rich ladies, US District Judge Joe Hornton ruled the city must pay $986,350 in attorney fees to the legal team who worked hard to overturn the unconstitutional law.
Here's his "conclusion."
If you want to read the judge's entire 14-page order, you can do so here.
The lawyer taking home the most spare change is Harvard-educated OU Law professor Joseph Thai. He gets a cool $600,000 for the 1,200 hours he spent trying to overturn the case. In case you care, that's $500 per hour. Here's a breakdown of what the other attorneys took home: