Mrs. Carmella M. Borelli v. City of Reading

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “an implicit invitation to amplify the complaint is found in the phrase ‘without prejudice’”
• explaining that a plaintiff’s ability to correct a deficiency without affecting the cause of action is why a without-prejudice dismissal is neither final nor appealable
• noting that a without prejudice dismissal may be final if the plaintiff stands on his complaint
• explaining that a plaintiff’s ability to correct a deficiency without affecting the cause of action is why a without-prejudice dismissal is neither final nor appealable
• noting that “[g]enerally, an order which dismisses a complaint without prejudice is neither final nor appealable because the deficiency may be corrected by the plaintiff without affecting the cause of action”
• suggesting that a district court should “expressly state, where appropriate, that the plaintiff has leave to amend within a specified period of time” when dismissing a civil rights complaint for failure to state a claim

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).