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).
