Obenschain v. Williams

How courts have described this case

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

• holding a complainant should generally be given leave to amend a defective complaint except where the complaint fails to state a cause of action, and it “conclusively appears that there is no possible way to amend the complaint to state a cause of action”
• “Dismissal with prejudice is a severe sanction which should be granted only when the pleader has failed to state a cause of action, and it conclusively appears that there is no possible way to amend the complaint to state a cause of action.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).