Knecht, Inc. v. United Pacific Insurance Company

I

I agree with my colleagues that the district court erred in awarding attorneys’ fees. There exists, however, an additional and independent basis to reverse the grant of attorneys’ fees, even if we had determined that fees were allowable. The district court clearly failed to make the findings of fact required by this Court’s decision in Lindy Bros. Builders, Inc. v. American Radiator & Sanitary Corp., 487 F.2d 161 (3d Cir.1973) (Lindy I).

In Lindy I, we stated that “the first inquiry of the Court should be into ... how many hours were spent in what manner by which attorneys____ After…