Dave Thomas v. United Steelworkers Local 1938

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• concluding that a complaint cannot be amended through a brief but instead must be amended through the proper procedural rules
• deciding on a motion for summary judgment not to consider two written statements attached to plaintiff’s First Amended Complaint and not the operative Fourth Amended Complaint
• refusing to consider plaintiff’s attempt to dismiss various causes of action in opposition to motion to dismiss because plaintiffs may not amend their complaint through memorandums or briefs
• adopting the opinions of other circuits holding that parties cannot amend complaints through briefing
• \It is well-established that parties cannot amend their complaints through briefing or oral advocacy.\ (citation and quotations omitted)
• “When a plaintiff files an amended complaint, the original complaint is superseded and has no legal effect.”

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