James Madison Limited, by Norman F. Hecht, Sr., Assignee v. Eugene A. Ludwig, Comptroller of the Currency

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• holding that issues that appellant argued were disputes of fact precluding summary judgment were issues of law in the context of agency review
• holding that the court may deny a plaintiff’s motion to amend complaint as futile if the amended complaint would not survive motion to dismiss
• holding that amendments can be denied where they would not withstand a motion to dismiss
• noting that courts may supplement the official administrative record compiled by an agency when the agency has “deliberately or negligently excluded documents that may have been adverse to its decision”
• stating that Court may deny a motion to amend a complaint as futile if the proposed complaint would not survive a motion to dismiss
• observing that denial of leave to 12 amend is warranted if the proposed claim would not survive a motion to dismiss

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