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23.2 Class Action Allegations A complaint or other pleading asserting a class action shall contain sufficient allegations to identify the class and the claim as a class action, including, but not limited to:

(a) The approximate size and definition of the alleged class;

(b) The basis upon which the party or parties maintaining the class action or other parties claimed to be representing the class are alleged to be adequate representatives of the class;

(c) The alleged questions of law and fact claimed to be common to the class;

(d) The grounds upon which it is alleged that the claims or defenses of the representative parties are typical of the claims or defenses of the class; and

(e) Allegations intended to support findings required by the respective subsections of Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(b)(1), (2), or (3).