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Second Circuit· 8/11/2011

Williams v. Citigroup Inc.

Citations

  • 659 F.3d 208
  • 2011 WL 3506099

How courts have described this case

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

  • observing that the Second Circuit’s permissive amendment standard “is consistent with [the Second Circuit’s] ‘strong preference for resolving disputes on the merits’”
  • “The Foman holding cannot be reconciled with the proposition that the liberal spirit of Rule 15 necessarily dissolves as soon as final judgment is entered.”
  • “It is well established that leave to amend need not be granted where the proposed amendment would be futile.”
  • “The Donnelly Act, New York’s antitrust statute, was modeled on the Sherman Act and has generally been construed in accordance with federal precedents.”
  • finding a “strong preference for resolving disputes on the merits”
  • describing “the liberal spirit of Rule 15”

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Judges: Leval, Katzmann, Hall

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