Dresdner Bank AG v. M/V Olympia Voyager

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• concluding that the original com- plaint and its attachments could not be used against the plaintiff at a bench trial because “that pleading was wholly superseded by the amended complaint which proceeded under a different theory”
• explaining that when “the original pleading is abandoned by [an] amendment,” the original pleading becomes a legal nullity, and the amended pleading supersedes it
• stating that “[a]n amended pleading supersedes the former pleading” such that “the [former] pleading is abandoned by the amendment” (citation omitted)
• explaining that prior complaint “is no longer a part of the pleader’s averments against his adversary”
• stating that the original complaint is considered abandoned and is no longer a part of the pleader’s allegations against her adversary when an amended complaint is filed
• stating that the original complaint is considered abandoned and is no longer a part of the pleader’s allegations against her adversary when an amended complaint is filed

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).