Bank v. Pitt

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that a pro se plaintiff must generally be given “one chance to amend the complaint before the district court dismisses the action with prejudice”
• if a court determines dismissal is appropriate, a plaintiff must be given at 28 1 least one chance to amend a complaint when a more carefully drafted complaint might state 2 a claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

31 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Vibe Micro, Inc. v. Igor Shabanets
  Eleventh Circuit· 2018-01-03· cited 766×
• Wagner v. Daewoo Heavy Industries America Corp.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-12-10· cited 509×
• Caribbean Broadcasting System, Ltd. v. Cable & Wireless PLC
  D.C. Circuit· 1998-07-17· cited 401×
• Long v. Satz
  Eleventh Circuit· 1999-07-22· cited 217×
• United States Ex Rel. Bledsoe v. Community Health Systems, Inc.
  Sixth Circuit· 2003-09-10· cited 125×
• Allison v. McGhan Medical Corp.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1999-08-18· cited 90×
• Rolando Silva v. Edward W. Bieluch
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-11-25· cited 83×
• Brandon, Jones, Sandall, Zeide, Kohn, Chalal & Musso, P.A. v. MedPartners, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2002-11-27· cited 49×
• O'Halloran v. First Union National Bank of Florida
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-11-14· cited 31×
• Wendall Jermaine Hall v. Lieutenant Peter Merola
  Eleventh Circuit· 2023-05-17· cited 29×
• Druskin v. Answerthink, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2004-01-05· cited 27×
• Isbrandtsen Marine Services, Inc. v. M/V Inagua Tania
  Eleventh Circuit· 1996-08-20· cited 17×
• In Re SPORTSLINE.COM SECURITIES LITIGATION
  S.D. Florida· 2004-07-19· cited 15×
• eCash Technologies, Inc. v. Guagliardo
  Ninth Circuit· 2002-05-13· cited 11×
• Michael Horton v. Captain Gilchrist
  Eleventh Circuit· 2025-02-13· cited 10×
• Alvi Armani Medical, Inc. v. Hennessey
  S.D. Florida· 2008-12-09· cited 9×
• Sturm v. Marriott Marquis Corp.
  N.D. Georgia· 2000-02-07· cited 8×
• Geter v. United States Government Publishing Office
  District of Columbia· 2017-07-31· cited 6×
• Canty v. FRY'S ELECTRONICS, INC.
  N.D. Georgia· 2010-09-01· cited 5×
• Anderson v. United States
  M.D. Florida· 2002-06-03· cited 5×

Cites

14 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Conley v. Gibson
  Supreme Court· 1957-11-18· cited 30,380×
• Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, Alabama
  Eleventh Circuit· 1981-11-03· cited 11,375×
• Murray Stein v. Reynolds Securities, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1982-06-28· cited 1,401×
• Bankers Trust Co. v. Mallis
  Supreme Court· 1978-05-15· cited 904×
• John W. Dussouy, Jr. v. Gulf Coast Investment Corporation
  Fifth Circuit· 1981-11-05· cited 748×
• Bank v. Pitt
  Eleventh Circuit· 1991-04-18· cited 285×
• Everett Earl Thomas v. Town of Davie
  Eleventh Circuit· 1988-06-21· cited 138×
• Herman Friedlander, Etc., Cross-Appellees v. Jerry C. Nims, Timex Corporation, Cross-Appellant
  Eleventh Circuit· 1985-03-19· cited 136×
• Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 91,535 David A. Lipton and Sylvia S. Lipton v. Documation, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 1984-06-18· cited 86×
• Christine Franklin v. The Gwinnett County Public Schools, a Local Education Agency (Lea), Dr. William Prescott, an Individual
  Eleventh Circuit· 1990-09-10· cited 67×
• Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. v. Lipton
  Supreme Court· 1985-01-07· cited 45×
• Tallahassee Branch of Naacp v. Leon County, Florida
  Eleventh Circuit· 1987-09-21· cited 31×
• Bienvenido Diaz v. Schwerman Trucking Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 1983-06-30· cited 24×
• Johnny Sarter v. Lucille Mays
  Fifth Circuit· 1974-03-25· cited 16×