Stonebridge Life Insurance Co. v. Pitts

How courts have described this case

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• noting inescapable “individual differences between each class member’s experience with Stonebridge that could determine in whose favor the equities weigh in resolving their claims”
• noting “predominance requirement [in rule 42] prevents class certification when complex and diverse individual issues would overwhelm or confuse a jury”
• reversing order certifying a class claim for money had and received
• “Because predominance is one of the most stringent prerequisites to class-action certification, it is considered first in our review and it must be rigorously applied.”
• “Actual conformance with Rule 42 is indis pensable, and compliance with the rule must be demonstrated, not presumed.”
• “Because predominance is one of the most stringent prerequisites to class-action certification, it is considered first in our review and must be rigorously applied.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).