Effective June 1, 2006

LR 23 CLASS ACTIONS (See Fed. R. Civ. P. 23)

LR 23.1 Document Caption Requirements (See LR 10.2)

The words CLASS ACTION ALLEGATION must be included on the first line of any document proposing or seeking to maintain a class action, e.g., :

Example

CLASS ACTION ALLEGATION COMPLAINT Product Liability Action (28 U.S.C. § 1332) Demand for Jury Trial

LR 23.2 Pleading Requirements

The filing party must also explain in separately titled and numbered paragraphs within the body of the document:

(a) How this action meets the prerequisites mandated by Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a);

(b) How this action can be maintained as a class action under the provisions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(b);

(c) The basis upon which the party claims either to be an adequate representative of the class; or that the class is comprised of defendants, and that those individuals named as defendants are adequate representatives of the proposed class; and

(d) The question(s) of law and fact alleged to be common to the class.