Geas v. United States

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• holding that damages do not need to be “measurable on a classwide basis” to sa�sfy Rule 23(b)(3
• holding that individualized damages determinations alone did not preclude class certification under the predominance inquiry
• noting that the presence of individualized damages by itself is not enough to bar class certification under Rule 23(b)(3)
• noting that “the fact that damages may have to be ascertained on an individual basis is not sufficient to defeat class certification”
• vacating district court order denying class certification where order was based on conclusion that “damages were not capable of measurement on a classwide basis”
• reaffirming the “well- established” principle “that the fact that damages may have to be ascertained on an individual basis is not sufficient to defeat class certification under Rule 23(b)(3)” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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