After a defeat at the state Supreme Court in a suit challenging the constitutionality of granting taxpayer funds to renovate historic churches, the Morris County Board of Chosen Freeholders has filed a suit in federal court seeking to stop a $750,000 fee application from proceeding in the case.

In papers filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, the freeholders asked for an injunction against a fee application filed in New Jersey Superior Court by the Freedom From Religion Foundation, the Madison, Wisconsin-based group that successfully challenged the county’s grants to churches.