US · rules
W.D. Wash. LCR 23
Class Actions
(a) Reserved
(b) Reserved
(c) Reserved
(d) Reserved
(e) Reserved
(f) Reserved
(g) Reserved
(h) Reserved
(i) Format
In any case sought to be maintained as a class action:
(1) The complaint shall bear next to its caption the legend, “Complaint—Class Action.”
(2) The complaint shall contain under a separate heading, styled “Class Action
Allegations”:
(A) A reference to the portion or portions of Fed. R. Civ. P. 23 under which it is claimed
that the suit is properly maintainable as a class action.
(B) Appropriate allegations thought to justify such claim, including, but not necessarily
limited to:
1. The size (or approximate size) and definition of the alleged class,
2. The basis upon which the plaintiff (or plaintiffs) claims
(i) to be an adequate representative of the class, or
(ii) if the class is composed of defendants, that those named as parties are
adequate representatives of the class.
3. The alleged questions of law and fact claimed to be common to the class, and
4. In actions claimed to be maintainable as class actions under Fed. R. Civ. P.
23(b)(3), allegations thought to support the findings required by that subdivision.
(3) The foregoing provisions shall apply, with appropriate adaptations, to any
counterclaim or cross claim alleged to be brought for or against a class.
Provenance
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- www.wawd.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-18
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