Ascertainability
The implied requirement that class membership be determinable by objective criteria.
Circuits differ sharply on how demanding this is, with some requiring an administratively feasible method of identifying members and others satisfied by an objective class definition. The split matters most in low-value consumer cases where purchasers left no records.
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