John v. National Security Fire & Casualty Co.

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• holding that, “where it is facially apparent from the pleadings that there is no ascertainable class, a district court may dismiss the class allegations on the pleadings”
• affirming district court’s vacating of class allegations where the plaintiffs declined to argue on appeal that their original class definition, rather than their new definition, satisfied Rule 23’s requirements
• “Where it is facially apparent from the pleadings that there is no ascertainable class, a district court may dismiss the class allegations on the pleadings.”
• cited with approval in Romberio v. UnumProvident Corp., 385 F. App’x 423, 431 (6th Cir. 2009)
• “The existence of an ascertainable class of persons to be represented by the proposed class representative is an implied prerequisite of Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23.”
• affirming dismissal of unsupportable class-action allegations on Rule 12(b)(6) motion

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