Steel Inst. Newyork v. City of N.Y.

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that leave to amend need not be given if it would be futile
• stating that “a district court need not grant a futile motion to amend” and that “[f]utility is determined under Rule 12(b)(6) standards”
• noting that Rule 15(a)’s language “evinces a bias in favor of granting leave to amend” (internal quotation marks omitted)
• noting that a district court need not grant a futile motion to amend
• “A party that fails to adequately address an argument asserted on appeal is deemed to have waived that argument.” (citations omitted)
• “[A]n amendment is considered futile if it would fail to state a claim upon which relief could be granted.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).