Rein v. Pan American World Airways, Inc.

holding that a court may deny leave to amend a complaint and dismiss a case with prejudice if any amendment would be futile | involving an SS officer who guarded a concentration camp and escorted inmates to and from forced labor sites | Employee discharged for refusing to participate in cover-up of illegal scheme lacked standing to recover under § 1962(a) and (c). | Employee discharged for refusing to participate in cover-up of illegal scheme lacked standing to recover under § 1962(a) and (c). | member of Death’s Head Battalion who served as an armed, uniformed guard at Sachsenhau-sen concentration camp patrolling outside camp gates and escorting prisoners to and from work sites with orders to shoot assisted in persecution under the Act | City employee’s testimony before legislative panel is protected First Amendment activity | reviewing history of punitive damages