Interfaith Community Organization v. Honeywell International, Inc.

OPINION OF THE COURT

VANASKIE, Circuit Judge.

“A request for attorney’s fees should not result in a second major litigation.” Hensley v. Eckerhart, 461 U.S. 424, 437, 103 S.Ct. 1933, 76 L.Ed.2d 40 (1983). Regrettably, requests for attorneys’ fees in this protracted environmental clean-up case have resulted not only in a second major litigation, but a third as well. An earlier multi-million dollar fee award previously brought before us was vacated and remanded for additional review by the District Court. Interfaith Cmty. Org. v. Honeywell Int’l, Inc. (ICO II), 426 F.3d 694 (3d Cir.2005). We are…