Aetna Life Ins. v. Little Rock Basket Co.

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• holding that to make an appearance in a class action lawsuit, Rule 23(c)(2)(c) requires that a party must have decided not to opt out of the class
• if absent class member discovery were allowed, counsel “could be overwhelmed with discovery and information requests by innumerable potential class members whose ultimate allegiance may not be disclosed until an election is made to participate within the class or to be excluded”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).