Holding that "summary judgment may be appropriate under Cleveland where the SSDI and ADA claims ‘involve directly conflicting statements about purely factual matters’ "
Affirming order denying leave to amend after scheduling order deadline because "[t]he record [wa]s devoid of evidence supporting plaintiffs' contention that good cause existed for the District Court to modify its scheduling order"
Finding that plaintiff failed to show agency relationship between parent and subsidiary where the plaintiffs alleged that the parent invested in the subsidiary, continued to do business with the subsidiary through the case, and advised the subsidiary on the subject of profitability, and that the allegations "amount[ed] to nothing more than the usual concomitants of the relationship between a parent and a partially-owned subsidiary"
Holding that "whether a motion to amend should be granted or denied must depend upon the sound discretion of the trial court" and that it would be an abuse of discretion to allow for amendment three years after the defense became available and six days before trial after two pretrial conferences because amendments should be tendered no later than the time of pretrial
Fed. R. Civ. P. 15 Cited 92,978 times 91 Legal Analyses
Finding that, per N.Y. C.P.L.R. § 1024, New York law provides a more forgiving principle for relation back in the context of naming John Doe defendants described with particularity in the complaint
Fed. R. Civ. P. 6 Cited 50,240 times 24 Legal Analyses
Holding that "if the last day [of a period] is a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday, the period continues to run until the end of the next day that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or legal holiday."