· 2/25/1983
Virginia Kephart, Widow of Raymond Kephart v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
Citations
- 701 F.2d 22
- 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 30143
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- holding that while leave to amend shall be freely given, the court 26 does not have to allow futile amendments
- while leave to amend shall be freely given, “futile amendments 23 should not be permitted.”
- describing the analyses as “virtually identical”
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Judges: Gibbons, Higginbotham, Becker
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