What does “Identified on Schedule A” mean in a case name?

In some federal complaints, the defendants are not named one by one in the caption. They are listed on a schedule attached to the complaint, and the caption instead refers to “the Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A” (or “the Individuals …”).

For a reader, that means the case name alone will not tell you who is being sued. The schedule is part of the filed document, not part of the docket text, so it may not be visible in the public docket entry.

This is why a docket search can show that a case exists and still not show a store name.