PRETRIAL ADJUDICATION
...Pleading
......Class Actions
.........Generally
............Unmanageable Class
3 Cards On This Topic:
  • If action would not have substantial benefit to class members and substantial time and expense will be consumed, class will be denied as unmanageable.
  • No abuse of discretion in decertifying class on issue whether any one class member can satisfy the reasonable expectation of privacy test—individual issues to be assessed predominated, making a class action unmanageable.
  • No error in denying class cert. on ground common issues of law or fact did not predominate where D did not make uniform representations to proposed members and case would involve resolution of individualized issues as to each member.