{"component": "clause", "props": {"groups": [{"samples": [{"hash": "cLOvBhyUGem", "uri": "/contracts/cLOvBhyUGem#commonality", "label": "Settlement Agreement", "score": 26.200548172, "published": true}, {"hash": "hCr9fKxsmZ0", "uri": "/contracts/hCr9fKxsmZ0#commonality", "label": "Settlement Agreement", "score": 25.7912387848, "published": true}], "size": 8, "snippet": "\u201c[C]ommonality requires the plaintiff to demonstrate that the class members \u2018have suffered the same injury,\u2019\u201d and the plaintiff\u2019s common contention \u201cmust be of such a nature that it is capable of classwide resolution \u2013 which means that determination of its truth or falsity will resolve an issue that is central to the validity of each one of the claims in one stroke. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. \u2587. \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, \u2587\u2587\u2587 \u2587. \u2587\u2587. \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, 2551 (2011) (citation omitted). Here, the commonality requirement is satisfied. Multiple questions of law and fact centering on Defendant\u2019s class-wide practices are common to the Plaintiff and the Settlement Class, are alleged to have injured all members of the Settlement Class in the same way, and would generate common answers central to the viability of the claims were this case to proceed to trial.", "snippet_links": [{"key": "class-members", "type": "definition", "offset": [62, 75]}, {"key": "capable-of", "type": "definition", "offset": [185, 195]}, {"key": "determination-of", "type": "clause", "offset": [236, 252]}, {"key": "the-claims", "type": "clause", "offset": [343, 353]}, {"key": "questions-of-law", "type": "clause", "offset": [507, 523]}, {"key": "the-settlement-class", "type": "clause", "offset": [611, 631]}, {"key": "members-of-the", "type": "clause", "offset": [665, 679]}], "hash": "ae8c4ae306d8c52e0120a0d8fa6846d8", "id": 1}, {"samples": [{"hash": "lKBmEQ9bMkC", "uri": "/contracts/lKBmEQ9bMkC#commonality", "label": "Settlement Agreement", "score": 25.9007530212, "published": true}, {"hash": "jxaqe5UhrA2", "uri": "/contracts/jxaqe5UhrA2#commonality", "label": "Settlement Agreement", "score": 25.1396312714, "published": true}], "size": 4, "snippet": "Plaintiff has also demonstrated \u201c[t]here are questions of law or fact common to the class\u201d in relation to the proposed Settlement Class. 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P. 23(a)(2).", "snippet_links": [{"key": "questions-of-law", "type": "clause", "offset": [45, 61]}, {"key": "to-the-class", "type": "clause", "offset": [77, 89]}, {"key": "in-relation-to", "type": "clause", "offset": [91, 105]}, {"key": "proposed-settlement-class", "type": "definition", "offset": [110, 135]}], "hash": "4514da74335a76647c43e3dd267dc52a", "id": 2}, {"samples": [{"hash": "6qInp2uVsau", "uri": "/contracts/6qInp2uVsau#commonality", "label": "Settlement Agreement", "score": 32.0343284607, "published": true}, {"hash": "iu8Y2yc0J0B", "uri": "/contracts/iu8Y2yc0J0B#commonality", "label": "Settlement Agreement", "score": 30.561624527, "published": true}, {"hash": "joN6XDARrmI", "uri": "/contracts/joN6XDARrmI#commonality", "label": "Settlement Agreement", "score": 25.7816562653, "published": true}], "size": 3, "snippet": "The threshold for commonality under Rule 23(a)(2) is", "snippet_links": [{"key": "under-rule", "type": "clause", "offset": [30, 40]}], "hash": "24ab5d93eca148e23b687a28a735b54e", "id": 3}, {"samples": [{"hash": "kgfxiFNCZrj", "uri": "/contracts/kgfxiFNCZrj#commonality", "label": "Class Action Settlement Agreement", "score": 29.9713687897, "published": true}, {"hash": "gqSAZ11mXad", "uri": "/contracts/gqSAZ11mXad#commonality", "label": "Class Action Settlement Agreement", "score": 22.835729599, "published": true}], "size": 3, "snippet": "Rule 23(a)(2) requires that \u201cthere are questions of law or fact common to the class.\u201d Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(a)(2). The Supreme Court has emphasized that \u201cfor purposes of Rule 23(a)(2), even a single common question will do.\u201d \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, 131 S. Ct. at 2556 (internal quotation and alterations omitted); see also In re: Whirlpool Corp. Front-Loading Washer Prods. Liab. Litig., 2013 U.S. App. LEXIS 14519, at *16 (6th Cir. July 18, 2013) (\u201cWe start from the premise that there need be only one common question to certify a class.\u201d); see also Baby \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587 \u2587. \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, 43 F.3d 48, 56 (3d Cir. 1994) (\u201cThe commonality requirement will be satisfied if the named plaintiffs share at least one question of fact or law with the grievances of the prospective class.\u201d). The key inquiry for the commonality analysis is whether a common question can be answered in a classwide proceeding, such that the answer will \u201cdrive the resolution of the litigation.\u201d \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, 131 S. Ct. at 2551. Applying these principles, Plaintiffs satisfy the commonality requirement of Rule 23(a)(2). The key question in this case is whether the gas produced by Chesapeake is marketable at the well and thus, whether Chesapeake may deduct the costs at issue. This is a question that can be answered on a classwide basis, satisfying Rule 23(a)(2)\u2019s commonality requirement.", "snippet_links": [{"key": "questions-of-law", "type": "clause", "offset": [39, 55]}, {"key": "to-the-class", "type": "clause", "offset": [71, 83]}, {"key": "the-supreme-court", "type": "clause", "offset": [112, 129]}, {"key": "for-purposes-of", "type": "clause", "offset": [151, 166]}, {"key": "whirlpool-corp", "type": "clause", "offset": [310, 324]}, {"key": "a-class", "type": "definition", "offset": [511, 518]}, {"key": "named-plaintiffs", "type": "clause", "offset": [637, 653]}, {"key": "question-of-fact", "type": "definition", "offset": [673, 689]}, {"key": "grievances-of", "type": "clause", "offset": [706, 719]}, {"key": "the-litigation", "type": "definition", "offset": [914, 928]}], "hash": "e85e6d16880096a09b8c5bc2268e9098", "id": 4}, {"samples": [{"hash": "itcvcPMTVJs", "uri": "/contracts/itcvcPMTVJs#commonality", "label": "Class Action Settlement Agreement", "score": 25.8205051422, "published": true}, {"hash": "bFjqNCBeMsv", "uri": "/contracts/bFjqNCBeMsv#commonality", "label": "Class Action Settlement Agreement", "score": 25.8205051422, "published": true}], "size": 3, "snippet": "10. Here, Plaintiff alleges, inter alia, that Comcast entered into a series of market allocating swap and acquisition agreements with other cable companies that caused all class members to be harmed by paying supracompetitive prices. Plaintiff further alleges that all class members paid supracompetitive prices because of anticompetitive conduct. Accordingly, this Court finds the commonality requirement is satisfied.", "snippet_links": [{"key": "inter-alia", "type": "clause", "offset": [29, 39]}, {"key": "entered-into", "type": "clause", "offset": [54, 66]}, {"key": "acquisition-agreements", "type": "clause", "offset": [106, 128]}, {"key": "cable-companies", "type": "definition", "offset": [140, 155]}, {"key": "class-members", "type": "definition", "offset": [172, 185]}, {"key": "this-court", "type": "definition", "offset": [361, 371]}], "hash": "8bcb0e76ea01c159c4fc0540d7f84928", "id": 5}, {"samples": [{"hash": "1UBUlMG7RJ", "uri": "/contracts/1UBUlMG7RJ#commonality", "label": "Class Action Settlement Agreement", "score": 34.0060462952, "published": true}], "size": 3, "snippet": "There are questions of law and fact, with regard to the alleged activities of Defendants, common to the Settlement Class.", "snippet_links": [{"key": "questions-of-law", "type": "clause", "offset": [10, 26]}, {"key": "with-regard-to", "type": "clause", "offset": [37, 51]}, {"key": "the-settlement-class", "type": "clause", "offset": [100, 120]}], "hash": "c272868e75fd14e9a79e3937ffba1b7e", "id": 6}, {"samples": [{"hash": "31CXI9uGKCY", "uri": "/contracts/31CXI9uGKCY#commonality", "label": "Settlement Agreement", "score": 24.7700214386, "published": true}, {"hash": "fen8mFqPRU9", "uri": "/contracts/fen8mFqPRU9#commonality", "label": "Settlement Agreement", "score": 24.7659130096, "published": true}], "size": 2, "snippet": "There are some questions of law or fact common to the Class with regard to the alleged activities of Sony in this case. These issues are sufficient to establish commonality under FED. R. CIV. P. 23(a)(2).", "snippet_links": [{"key": "questions-of-law", "type": "clause", "offset": [15, 31]}, {"key": "to-the-class", "type": "clause", "offset": [47, 59]}, {"key": "with-regard-to", "type": "clause", "offset": [60, 74]}, {"key": "to-establish", "type": "definition", "offset": [148, 160]}], "hash": "91333d11058d008e70333657b757e352", "id": 7}, {"samples": [{"hash": "7yS5AnUbT4Z", "uri": "/contracts/7yS5AnUbT4Z#commonality", "label": "Settlement Agreement", "score": 29.9402427673, "published": true}], "size": 2, "snippet": "There are some questions of law or fact common to the Class with regard to the alleged activities of Toyota in this case. These issues are sufficient to establish commonality under Fed. R. Civ. 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The class members\u2019 \u201cclaims must depend upon a common contention . . . of such a nature that it is capable of classwide resolution\u2014which means that determination of its truth or falsity will resolve an issue that is central to the validity of each one of the claims in one stroke.\u201d Wal\u2013Mart Stores, Inc. \u2587. \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, \u2587\u2587\u2587 \u2587.\u2587. \u2587\u2587\u2587, 350 (2011). \u201cAlthough the rule speaks in terms of common questions, what matters to class certification [is] the capacity of a classwide proceeding to generate common answers apt to drive the resolution of the litigation.\u201d \u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587\u2587, 764 F.3d at 360 (internal quotation marks omitted) (emphasis in original). \u201cA single common question will suffice, 2:18-mn-02873-RMG Date Filed 01/25/21 Entry Number 1127 Page 7 of 11 but it must be of such a nature that its determination will resolve an issue that is central to the validity of each one of the claims in one stroke.\u201d Id. 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In practice, this clause may specify common technical requirements, mutual obligations, or baseline procedures that must be adhered to by everyone involved, such as using the same data formats or adhering to a unified code of conduct. Its core function is to ensure consistency and compatibility across the agreement, reducing misunderstandings and streamlining collaboration by establishing a clear set of common rules."}, "json": true, "cursor": ""}}