Cockrell v. Sparks

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that an amendment is futile “when the complaint as amended would still be properly dismissed”
• explaining that we review de novo whether amend- ment of a complaint would be futile
• explaining that district courts need not allow amendment when it would be futile
• stating the rule that leave to amend need not be given if it would not cure the pleading defect or otherwise would be futile
• “Leave to amend a complaint is futile when the complaint as amended would still be properly dismissed . . . .”
• “Leave to amend a complaint is futile when the complaint as amended would still be properly dismissed or be immediately subject to summary judgment for the defendant.” (citing Hall v. United Ins. Co. of Am., 367 F.3d 1255, 1263 (11th Cir. 2004)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

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

• Danley v. Allen
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-08-22· cited 187×
• Jameka K. Evans v. Georgia Regional Hospital
  Eleventh Circuit· 2017-03-10· cited 147×
• Fennell v. Gilstrap
  Eleventh Circuit· 2009-02-27· cited 143×
• Coventry First, LLC v. McCarty
  Eleventh Circuit· 2010-05-05· cited 132×
• Larry Eugene Mann v. John Palmer
  Eleventh Circuit· 2013-04-09· cited 93×
• L.S. v. Scot Peterson
  Eleventh Circuit· 2020-12-11· cited 78×
• Crawford's Auto Center, Inc. v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company
  Eleventh Circuit· 2019-12-20· cited 39×
• Ryan Perry v. Cable News Network, Inc.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2017-04-27· cited 35×
• Darby v. SWENSON, INC.
  North Dakota Supreme Court· 2009-06-17· cited 32×
• Anthony Mungin v. Secretary, Florida Department of Corrections
  Eleventh Circuit· 2024-01-08· cited 28×
• Georgia Association of Latino Elected Officials, Inc. v. Gwinnett County Board of Registration and Elections
  Eleventh Circuit· 2022-06-08· cited 26×
• Gibbs v. United States
  M.D. Florida· 2012-03-31· cited 18×
• Checker Cab Operators, Inc. v. Miami-Dade County.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2018-08-06· cited 17×
• Perret v. Wyndham Vacation Resorts, Inc.
  S.D. Florida· 2012-08-28· cited 14×
• Carter v. Broward County Sheriff's Department Medical Department
  Eleventh Circuit· 2014-03-10· cited 13×
• Corbett v. Transportation Security Administration
  S.D. Florida· 2012-11-16· cited 12×
• Gonzalez v. City of Deerfield Beach, Fla.
  Eleventh Circuit· 2008-11-24· cited 10×
• Miller v. Bank of New York Mellon
  M.D. Florida· 2017-01-10· cited 8×
• Storey v. Breedlove (In re Breedlove)
  M.D. Georgia· 2016-01-14· cited 7×
• Palm Beach County Environmental Coalition v. Florida
  S.D. Florida· 2009-07-27· cited 6×

Cites

9 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Whitley v. Albers
  Supreme Court· 1986-03-04· cited 6,155×
• Johnson v. Glick
  Second Circuit· 1973-06-29· cited 1,567×
• Shotz v. City of Plantation, FL
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-09-08· cited 598×
• Odessa Dee Hall v. United Insurance Co. of America
  Eleventh Circuit· 2004-04-30· cited 403×
• Willie H. Bozeman v. Silas Orum, III
  Eleventh Circuit· 2005-08-31· cited 209×
• William C. Bennett, AKA John A. Richardson v. Garrison A. Parker, Warden, Robert M. Jackson, Officer, Daniel W. Cooper, Officer
  Eleventh Circuit· 1990-04-25· cited 184×
• Carr v. Tatangelo
  Eleventh Circuit· 2003-07-23· cited 167×
• Lancaster v. Monroe County
  Eleventh Circuit· 1997-07-11· cited 154×
• Dock Brown v. Charles Smith, Guard, West Jefferson Correctional Facility and Warden J.D. White, Individually
  Eleventh Circuit· 1987-04-06· cited 69×