| Venue: | 11th Cir. |
| Facts: | Heaven leases a Ford Taurus. Sun Trust allegedly overcharged as part of their preprinted form leases. |
| Posture: | Motion for class certification. Sun-Trust brings (compulsory) counterclaims against class members who have made false statements in their lease applications or defaulted on the agreements. District court denies certification of the class. Appeal. |
| Issue: | Did the district court abuse its discretion in denying the motion to certify the class? |
| Holding: | No. |
| Rule: | First, abuse of discretion is hard to overcome. But also, these counterclaims mean that different class members will have different (and maybe contrary) interests. So the district court was right. |
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