Dannelley v. Alabama

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, for purposes of a class certification motion, the court must accept as true all factual allegations in the complaint and may draw reasonable inferences therefrom
• holding that the court should not consider the merits when deciding whether to certify the class
• finding predominance when plaintiffs’ “allegations turn on [defendant’s] use of identical forms, common sales techniques, and routinized procedures”
• common questions predominate where plaintiffs’ allegations hinge on the use of standardized forms and routine procedures
• finding availability of statutory attorney fees weighed against superiority
• finding availability of statutory attorney fees weighed against superiority

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).