Holding that “[t]o the extent Swartz seeks a declaration of defendants' liability for damages sought for his other causes of action,” claim must be dismissed as “merely duplicative”
Holding that "[e]ven if Rule 54(b) allows parties to request district courts to revisit earlier rulings, the moving party must do so within the strictures of the law of the case doctrine"
Holding that under Rule 15 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, leave to amend should be "freely given" unless amendment will result in undue prejudice to the opposing party or will be futile
Fed. R. Civ. P. 1 Cited 15,441 times 49 Legal Analyses
Recognizing the federal rules of civil procedure should be employed to promote the "just, speedy, and inexpensive determination of every action and proceeding"
Allowing a party to unilaterally rescind a contract if its consent to the contract was "obtained through duress, menace, fraud, or undue influence, exercised by or with the connivance of the party as to whom he rescinds"