1.  Whether Plaintiffs have met the requirement of Rule 23(a) for class certification.

2.  Whether Plaintiffs have met the requirements of Rule 23(b)(1) and 23(b)(2) for class certification, or, alternatively, of Rule 23(b)(3).

3.  Whether the Court should bifurcate trial of the liability and damages phases of the trial.

Eisen v. Carlisle & Jacquelin, 417 U.S. 156 (1974)

International Brotherhood of Teamsters v. United States, 431 U.S. 324 (1977)

Jordan v. Dellway Villa of Tennessee, Ltd., 661 F.2d 588 (6th Cir. 1981)

Moysey v. Andrus, 481 F. Supp. 850 (D.D.C. 1979)

Northeastern Florida Chapter of Associated General Contractors of America v.

City of Jacksonville, 508 U.S. 656 (1993)

Penland v. Warren County Jail, 797 F.2d 332 (6th Cir. 1986)

Senter v. General Motors Corp., 532 F.2d 511 (6th Cir. 1976, cert. denied 429

U.S. 870 (1976)

Sterling v. Velsicol Chemical Corp., 855 F.2d 1188 (6th Cir. 1988)

Weathers v. Peters Realty Corp., 499 F.2d 1197, 1201 (6th Cir. 1974)

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