| Venue: | SCOTUS |
| Facts: | Asbestos litigation is a pain. After dealing with a batch of "inventory" plaintiffs (those who have already filed claims), a defense consortium attempts to come up with a class that woudl encompass all future claimants, to try and whack out one big settlement for all time. |
| Posture: | Defendants and putative plaintiff representatives file suit and answer on the same day, and also a proposed settlement agreement and a motion for class certification. District court approves. Reversed on appeal. |
| Issue: | Is class certification appropriate? |
| Holding: | No. Affirmed. |
| Rule: | Rule 23 |
| Reasoning: | This is settlement only, so we don't have to worry about whether this would be intractable at trial. There are a couple prongs that fail, though. |
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