Polygamous towns must pay $2 million in attorney fees to Arizona

The Salt Lake Tribune/April 25, 2015

A federal judge has awarded the state of Arizona more than $2 million in attorney fees in connection with a 2014 civil rights case brought against two polygamous towns on the Utah-Arizona line by a couple who claimed they were being discriminated against on the basis of religion.

Ronald and Jinjer Cooke filed a lawsuit in federal court in Phoenix in 2010, a case in which the state of Arizona joined.

A 2014 trial ended with a jury awarding the Cookes $5.2 million. The couple later settled the case for $3 million, money that was to be paid by insurers representing Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., and utility companies controlled by the two towns, which are collectively known as Short Ceek.

A federal judge has awarded the state of Arizona more than $2 million in attorney fees in connection with a 2014 civil rights case brought against two polygamous towns on the Utah-Arizona line by a couple who claimed they were being discriminated against on the basis of religion.

Ronald and Jinjer Cooke filed a lawsuit in federal court in Phoenix in 2010, a case in which the state of Arizona joined.

A 2014 trial ended with a jury awarding the Cookes $5.2 million. The couple later settled the case for $3 million, money that was to be paid by insurers representing Hildale, Utah, and Colorado City, Ariz., and utility companies controlled by the two towns, which are collectively known as Short Ceek.

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