6 Cited authorities

  1. Foman v. Davis

    371 U.S. 178 (1962)   Cited 28,611 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that an appeal was improperly dismissed when the record as a whole — including a timely but incomplete notice of appeal and a premature but complete notice — revealed the orders petitioner sought to appeal
  2. Johnson v. Oroweat Foods Co.

    785 F.2d 503 (4th Cir. 1986)   Cited 1,246 times
    Holding that a motion for leave to amend should be denied "when the proposed amendment is clearly insufficient or frivolous on its face."
  3. Heyl & Patterson International, Inc. v. F. D. Rich Housing of Virgin Islands, Inc.

    663 F.2d 419 (3d Cir. 1981)   Cited 422 times
    Holding that leave to amend is usually denied only where the party opposing the amendment can show undue prejudice, bad faith, or undue delay
  4. Ditto v. McCurdy

    510 F.3d 1070 (9th Cir. 2007)   Cited 181 times
    Holding that an intervening Supreme Court decision “must be given full retroactive effect in all cases still open on direct review and as to all events, regardless of whether such events predate or postdate ... announcement of the rule”
  5. Espey v. Wainwright

    734 F.2d 748 (11th Cir. 1984)   Cited 102 times
    Concluding that a district court lacks discretion to deny leave to amend without a substantial reason (quoting Dussouy v. Gulf Coast Inv. Corp. , 660 F.2d 594, 597 (5th Cir. 1981) )
  6. United States v. Von Moos

    660 F.2d 748 (9th Cir. 1981)   Cited 14 times

    No. 81-1212. Submitted October 6, 1981. Decided November 6, 1981. Stephen Cooper, Asst. U.S. Atty., Fairbanks, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellant. Ralph Beistline, Fairbanks, Alaska, for defendant-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before BROWNING, Chief Judge, WRIGHT, Circuit Judge, and THOMPSON, District Judge. Honorable Bruce R. Thompson, Senior Judge, United States District Court for the District of Nevada, sitting by designation. PER CURIAM: John