Baker v. Pacific Far East Lines, Inc.

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• proper test to be applied when determining the legal sufficiency of a proposed amendment is identical to the one used when considering the sufficiency of a pleading challenged under Rule 12(b)(6)
• a proposed amendment is futile only if no set of facts can be proved under the amendment to the pleadings that would constitute a valid and 27 sufficient claim or defense

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