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specific issue of adding a new party, and whether Rule 15 or Rule 21 applies to the addition of a party under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the Fifth Circuit resolved this issue in McLellan,. Mississippi Power & Light Co., 526 F.2d 870 (56' Cir.), vacated in part on other grounds 545 F.2d 919 (5th Cir. 1

"Although the district court should err on the side of allowing amendment, leave to amend should not be given automatically." Chitimachia Tribe of Louisiana Harry L. Laws Co 690 F.2d 1157, 1163 (5th Cir. 1982), citin Addington'. Farmer's Elevator Mut. Ins. Co., 650 F.2d 663, 666 (5th Cir. 1981). The Fi

to membership on a hospital staff. Nor has the Court independently found any authority to support plaintiffs civil rights claims. To the contrary, the Fifth Circuit recently held that a podiatrist's constitutional rights went untrammeled when he was denied staff membership at a public hospital. Shaw v. Hospital

, in which the Supreme Court held that the district court erred in dismissing a complaint which alleged a price fixing conspiracy involving several Louisiana real estate brokerage firms. The Court stated that the plaintiff could establish the requisite jurisdiction under the Sherman r*14] Act by demonstra

ing strategies that promote integration, inclusion, and citizenship." According to the article, the concurrence came as the US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit rejected an appeal from a Cambodian immigrant who argued that a Pennsylvania robbery statute was too broad to match the federal version that would t

isiana Lawmakers Reject Resolution That Opponents Say Target Diversity, Equity Efforts in Schools The Associated Press reported that Republicans in Louisiana rejected a resolution Wednesday that sought to request K-12 schools and institutions of higher education submit a report of all programs and activit

eached. In rejecting the Department’s posi- tion, the Fifth Circuit held that “the govern- ment should have fashioned

n decision, this position appears to place the Department in violation of a binding court ruling that extends rights to thousands of crime victims in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas. And more generally, the Depart- ment’s position simply has no grounding in the clear language of the CVRA. My first questio

victims.” The victims sought appellate review in the Fifth Circuit.°’ There, the court concurred with the district c

that implementing such an approach would be difficult.*” Presumably the Justice Department has already been providing such rights in at least Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi to comply with the Fifth 197 See 18 U.S.C. §§ 2422(b), 2423(b), (e) (2012). 198 A more substantial summary of the case is availabl

before charges have been filed, courts have uniformly agreed with the victims’ position. Perhaps the leading case to date to assess this question is the Fifth Circuit's decision in In re Dean. °° There, a wealthy corporate criminal defendant reached a generous plea deal with the Government - a deal that the Governmen

that implementing such an approach would be difficult. 7° Presumably the Justice Department has already been providing such rights in at least Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi to comply with the Fifth [*95] Circuit's 2008 ruling in In Re Dean, which held that the CVRA extends rights to victims before defen