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Class certification on Rule 23(f) review
The question
When a Rule 23(f) petition is granted, how have the circuits diverged on whether the merits inquiry overlaps with the certification inquiry under Wal-Mart v. Dukes and Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo? What is the right framing for a defendant arguing that individualized issues predominate when the plaintiffs propose statistical proof?
How the platform handles it
Rule 23(f) review and the merits/certification overlap, with attention to the doctrinal arc from Wal-Mart v. Dukes through Tyson Foods v. Bouaphakeo and the strategy for predominance arguments against statistical proof.
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