Taylor v. Beckas’s Empirical Analysis
424 F.2d 905 · 1970
Citation profile
4 federal appellate · 8 state decisions
Relationships
Applies 28 U.S.C. § 1653
Relies on Conley v. Gibson · Foman v. Davis · United States v. Hougham · Finn v. American Fire & Casualty Co. · Stanley J. Breier, Dba Bayshore Bowl v. Northern California Bowling Proprietors' Association, a Corporation, Monument Bowl, Inc., a California Corporation v. Northern California Bowling Proprietors' Association, a Corporation
Most-quoted passages
The sentences later courts lift from this opinion, ranked by how many decisions quote each — the parts of the opinion doing the work. These counts are smaller than the citation total above because most of the 14 citing decisions cite the case generally; a passage count includes only decisions quoting that exact language verbatim.
““ * * If the underlying facts or circumstances relied upon by a plaintiff may be a proper subject of relief, he ought to be afforded an opportunity to test his claim on the merits. In the absence of any apparent or declared reason — such as undue delay, bad faith or dilatory motive on the part of the movant, repeated failure to cure deficiencies by amendments previously allowed, undue prejudice to the opposing party by virtue of allowance of the amendment, futility of amendment, etc. — the leave sought should, as the rules require, be ‘freely given.’ Of course, the grant or denial of an opportunity to amend is within the discretion of the District Court, but outright refusal to grant the leave without any justifying reason appearing for the denial is not an exercise of discretion; it is merely abuse of that discretion and inconsistent with the spirit of the Federal Rules.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“reject[s] the approach that pleading is a game of skill in which one misstep by counsel may be decisive to the outcome and accept[s] the principle that the purpose of pleading is to facilitate a proper decision on the merits.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majoritye.g. In Re JRG“leave shall be freely given when justice so requires.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
Whether each later court followed, distinguished, criticized, or overruled this decision. The treatment classification (task #35) runs highest-cited cases first and lights up here as it reaches this one.