That does not seem a lot of money to me. There is a $2,600 tax burden surplus per capita in Idaho. That means the court costs were paid for by using taxes from 175 taxpayers in Idaho. $455,000 / $2,600 = 175. In Missouri, they have a tax surplus of $3,800 per capita. That means that the court costs were paid by using only 9 taxpayers. $31,875 / $3,800 is approximately 9.
http://www.statedatalab.org/library/doclib/2010_FSOS.pdf
