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Pursuant to a stipulation agreement, a federal judge in California declared the South Bay United Pentecostal Church the prevailing party in its suit challenging the state’s Covid-19-related indoor worship restrictions. The judge also ordered Governor Gavin Newsom to pay $1.6 million to cover the church’s attorney’s fees.

/ June 1, 2021
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels is seen empty without its congregation on Holy Friday, April 10, 2020, as Los Angeles Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, second from left, leads the nation's Catholics in praying during a National Moment of Prayer in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes, Pool)

SAN DIEGO — Pursuant to a stipulation agreement, a federal judge in California declared the South Bay United Pentecostal Church the prevailing party in its suit challenging the state’s Covid-19-related indoor worship restrictions. The judge also ordered Governor Gavin Newsom to pay $1.6 million to cover the church’s attorney’s fees.

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