D.C. will pay $220,000 in legal fees after it lost a court battle last year with Capitol Hill Baptist Church over COVID-19 gathering restrictions.

The church argued in the federal lawsuit filed last September that D.C. was violating its First and Fifth Amendment rights by refusing to allow the church’s entire congregation, which numbers roughly 850 people, to gather for outdooor and social-distanced worship.

The church said that social protests were happening in large numbers while it was being restricted by the city’s COVID-19 regulations, which only allowed outdoor gatherings of up to 100 people. Several prominent conservative lawmakers joined the lawsuit, filing amicus briefs.

In October, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia granted the church a preliminary injunction, saying the city couldn’t prohibiting the gatherings. The church held an outdoor service shortly thereafter.

“All Capitol Hill Baptist Church ever asked is for equal treatment under the law so they could meet together safely as a church,” Hiram Sasser, Executive General Counsel for First Liberty Institute, said in a press release.  “The church is relieved and grateful that this ordeal is behind them. Government officials need to know that illegal restrictions on First Amendment rights are intolerable and costly.”

D.C. didn’t admit to any wrongdoing, but won’t enforce any current or future restrictions on the church’s gatherings, according to the settlement. The settlement also includes $210,000 for law firm WilmerHale and $10,000 to First Liberty Institute, which touted the news late last week.

City officials similarly settled a separate lawsuit with the Archdiocese of Washington in December over caps on indoor religious services during Christmas.

The District lifted all of its COVID-19 restrictions last month.