Legal Opinion

Martin Gross v. R.T. Reynolds

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided July 6, 2012No. 11-3917UnpublishedCited by 26 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION OF THE COURT

JORDAN, Circuit Judge.

Martin Gross appeals the order of the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania dismissing his civil rights claims under 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981 and 1983, as well as his state law claims alleging breach of contract and breach of the duty of good faith and fair dealing. Although Gross’s Amended Complaint fails to satisfy the pleading standards set forth in Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8, we will remand to allow the District Court to determine in the first instance whether it should grant Gross leave to further amend, or whether…

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