Joseph Dingler v. the State of Texas

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• holding that a class action superior where “there is no indication… that class members would have a strong interest in individual litigation”
• considering consistency of results that provide finality to the defendant as favoring a finding of superiority
• “[0]nee a class is certified, a statutory damages defendant faces a bet-the-company proposition and likely will settle rather than risk shareholder reaction to theoretical billions in exposure even if the company believes that the claim lacks merit.”
• “Rule 23(b)(3)’s commonality-predominance test is 28 1 Finding the predominance requirement is met, the only remaining issue is whether 2 superiority requirement is also met. 3 Generally the factors relevant to assessing superiority include “(A

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