Alexander v. McCauley

How courts have described this case

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• stating that the numeros ity requirement is a fact-specific determination and certifying a class of twenty-five members
• finding commonality satisfied where “all plaintiffs share the same core legal question: did a Fifth Amendment taking occur”
• certifying a class of approximately 25 members in a rails-to-trails case where the “plaintiffs indicate some of the potential class members own relatively small parcels of land, such that any potential recovery here would like[ly] be exceeded by the litigation costs”
• “[A]lthough plaintiffs may be entitled to different amounts of just compensation, if awarded, the decision would be based on the same core facts and legal issues.”
• rails-to-trails class of approximately 25 members sufficient

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).