· 10/1/1982
Miles Tefft v. James Seward, A/K/A Jessie Seward
Citations
- 689 F.2d 637
- 35 Fed. R. Serv. 2d 55
- 1982 U.S. App. LEXIS 25134
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- delay of four years not undue “considering the course of this case through a prior appeal to this Court.”
- “Delay that is neither intended to harass nor causes any ascertainable prejudice is not a permissible reason, in and of itself[,] to disallow an amendment of a pleading.”
- “The amended cause of action is not so different as to cause prejudice to the defendants, nor do we find the delay particularly ‘undue’ considering the course of this case through a prior appeal to this Court.”
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Judges: Merritt, Jones, Weick
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