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3 canonical passages across 3 cases, quoted by 9 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Fletcher v. Cape Cod Gas Co..

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1 Fletcher v. Cape Cod Gas Co. Anchor
mass · 1985
green “a plaintiff representative normally satisfies the typicality requirement with 'an allegation that the defendant acted consistently toward the representative and the members of a putative class” 3
2 Weld v. Glaxo Wellcome Inc.
mass · 2001
green “typicality is established when there is 'a sufficient relationship ... between the injury to the named plaintiff and the conduct affecting the class,' and the claims of the named plaintiffs and those of the class 'are based on the same legal theory.” 3
3 Gammella v. P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.
mass · 2019
green “a class of 240 members is sufficiently numerous to qualify for class treatment” 3

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