Lamson Consol. Store-Service Co. v. Chamberlin

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• adjudicating liability elements of common claims where individual class members sought varying damages deemed “the most efficient way to proceed.”
• certifying, inter alia, a Rule 23(b)(3) liability class limited, pursuant to Rule 23(c)(4), to resolving the issues of whether the alleged scheme violated applicable law
• describing conduct that shows a defendant “act[ed] on grounds that apply generally to the class” under Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(b)(2)
• certifying class of plaintiffs who sought “a declaratory judgment that Defendants' alleged practices of, inter alia, fraudulently inflating regulated rents, baselessly challenging tenants' succession rights and commencing unfounded eviction proceedings” violated RICO
• “Standing is assessed as of the time the lawsuit is brought. As Plaintiffs point out, it is well settled that a defendant's voluntary cessation of a challenged practice does not deprive a federal court of its power to determine the legality of the practice.”
• superiority satisfied where individual claims of proposed class members appeared too small to warrant individual adjudication

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