Owens v. Kaiser Found. Health Plan, Inc.
244 F.3d 708 (9th Cir. 2001) Cited 1,910 timesHolding that defendant was not estopped from raising untimely res judicata defense
DCD Programs, Ltd. v. Leighton
833 F.2d 183 (9th Cir. 1987) Cited 2,899 timesHolding that district court abused its discretion by denying plaintiffs' motion to file fourth amended complaint
Bowles v. Reade
198 F.3d 752 (9th Cir. 1999) Cited 953 timesHolding that a plan participant cannot settle an ERISA § 502 claim without the plan’s consent
Jackson v. Bank of Hawaii
902 F.2d 1385 (9th Cir. 1990) Cited 1,313 timesHolding that plaintiffs are not entitled to amend to add claims that "advance different legal theories and require proof of different facts"
Miller v. Rykoff-Sexton, Inc.
845 F.2d 209 (9th Cir. 1988) Cited 1,302 timesHolding that amendment is futile if no set of facts can be proven under the amendment that would constitute a valid claim
United States v. United Healthcare Ins. Co.
848 F.3d 1161 (9th Cir. 2016) Cited 334 times 1 Legal AnalysesHolding Rule 9(b) requires allegations specifying "what is false or misleading about a statement, and why it is false"
Kaplan v. Rose
49 F.3d 1363 (9th Cir. 1994) Cited 548 timesHolding that the CEO of small company had proved good faith by submitting an uncontradicted affidavit stating that he never directed anyone to make misstatements that he knew to be misleading
Acri v. International Ass'n of Machinists & Aerospace Workers
781 F.2d 1393 (9th Cir. 1986) Cited 370 timesHolding that accrual of cause of action was question of law when evidentiary facts regarding accrual were not in dispute
Texaco, Inc. v. Ponsoldt
939 F.2d 794 (9th Cir. 1991) Cited 310 timesHolding that an eight-month delay was unreasonable
Hynix Semiconductor Inc. v. Toshiba Corporation
No. C-04-04708 VRW and Related Cases (N.D. Cal. Oct. 31, 2006) Cited 42 timesRejecting proposed construction because it would simply "replace the present term with a more ambiguous one"