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· 12/9/2002

Great Plains Trust Co. v. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter & Co.

Citations

  • 313 F.3d 305
  • 2002 U.S. App. LEXIS 24719
  • 2002 WL 31600862

How courts have described this case

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

  • noting usual practice of granting leave to amend after dismissal for failure to state a claim
  • plaintiffs generally given one chance to amend before dismissal unless “it is clear that the defects are incurable”
  • plaintiffs are generally given one chance to amend before dismissal unless “it is clear that the defects are incurable”
  • “[A] pro se litigant should be offered an opportunity to amend his complaint before it is dismissed.”
  • “[D]istrict courts often afford plaintiffs at least one opportunity to cure pleading deficiencies before dismissing a case.”
  • plaintiffs generally given one chance to amend unless “it is clear that the defects are incurable”

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Judges: Smith, Benavides, Fitzwater

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