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Third Circuit· 4/16/2015

Crystal Byrd v. Aaron's Inc

Citations

  • 784 F.3d 154
  • 2015 U.S. App. LEXIS 6190
  • 2015 WL 1727613

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  • holding that the separate ascertainability requirement ensures that class members can be identified after certification and, therefore, “prepares a district court to ‘direct to class members the best notice that is practicable under the circumstances.’” (quotations omitted)
  • Applying that standard, owners and lessees of computers with activated spyware were an ascertainable class due to “ ‘objective records’ that can ‘readily identify these class members”
  • explaining that the ascertainability “inquiry . . . is independent from the other requirements of Rule 23”
  • explaining that ascertainability “inquiry . . . is independent from the other requirements of Rule 23”
  • emphasizing that “[p]recise analysis of relevant Rule 23 requirements will always be necessary”
  • emphasizing that “[p]recise analysis of relevant Rule 23 requirements will always be necessary.”

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Judges: Rendell, Smith, Krause

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