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BRIGHAM CITY — Brigham City paid $11,000 to a church last week after banning members of that church from handing out fliers during The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' temple open house last year.

The Main Street Church and the ACLU filed a lawsuit in September 2012 after they said they were kept from passing out fliers on sidewalks bordering the new LDS temple.

The city argued it had created so-called "free speech zones" where protesters were not allowed for public safety reasons. But the Main Street Church and the ACLU argued the zones were on public land and should therefore be open to public protest.

A deal was reached on Sept. 13 that allowed four protesters at a time to occupy the disputed spaces.

Last week, Brigham City paid the ACLU $11,000 to compensate it for legal fees, according to city attorney Richard Van Wagoner, but he said that money did not pay "damages." The lawsuit is now settled.

Contributing: Associated Press

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