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> The lawsuit is never actually filed. If it were, who pays for the court costs? Is that something the taxpayers have to pay for in the US?
by donmcronald 3y ago
> The lawsuit is never actually filed.
If it were, who pays for the court costs? Is that something the taxpayers have to pay for in the US?
- paxys 3y agoThere is a token fee to file a lawsuit, but other than that yes courts are funded by taxes. Both sides have to bring their own lawyers.
- ncallaway 3y agoIt depends what you mean by “court costs”. There are fees to file the case, but for the most part the judges time is paid for by taxpayers. The vast majority of the expense in a court case will be the lawyers on both sides. These are, by default, paid by each party. There are some specific cases where the loser has to pay the winning side’s lawyers, but it’s pretty rare.