Farmers Branch legal costs over ordinance on renting to illegal immigrants may go up $1.13 million

07:31 AM CDT on Wednesday, April 28, 2010

By DIANNE SOLIS/The Dallas Morning News

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The potential price tag to the city of Farmers Branch to defend its ordinance banning landlords from renting to illegal immigrants has increased by $1.13 million.

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A team of lawyers submitted bills for legal fees and costs to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas shortly before midnight Monday.

The team includes the American Civil Liberties Union Foundation of Texas, the ACLU Foundation Immigrants' Rights Project and the Mexican-American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, or MALDEF.

Earlier this month, the Bickel & Brewer Storefront law firm submitted a bill of $850,000. The two legal teams are linked by the consolidation of suits, and the combined bill submitted to the court is now nearly $2 million.

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