Appellate research · State procedure

State procedural law and the law-of-the-case doctrine

The question

In New York state court, will courts deny motions for leave to amend a complaint — despite the liberal CPLR 3025 standard — when the amendment would plead a theory contrary to a holding that has become the law of the case? Does the likelihood of denial depend on whether that holding came from the trial court or from an interlocutory appeal? Does the answer differ in the First Department versus the Second Department?

How the platform handles it

CPLR 3025 leave-to-amend doctrine, the New York law-of-the-case rule, and Department-by-Department divergence in the Appellate Division.

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