and self.leaves[3].value == ")"
         )
 
+    @property
+    def is_triple_quoted_string(self) -> bool:
+        """Is the line a triple quoted docstring?"""
+        return (
+            bool(self)
+            and self.leaves[0].type == token.STRING
+            and (
+                self.leaves[0].value.startswith('"""')
+                or self.leaves[0].value.startswith("'''")
+            )
+        )
+
     def contains_standalone_comments(self, depth_limit: int = sys.maxsize) -> bool:
         """If so, needs to be split before emitting."""
         for leaf in self.leaves:
     the prefix of the first leaf consists of optional newlines.  Those newlines
     are consumed by `maybe_empty_lines()` and included in the computation.
     """
+
     is_pyi: bool = False
     previous_line: Optional[Line] = None
     previous_after: int = 0
             if self.previous_line.is_decorator:
                 return 0, 0
 
+            if (
+                self.previous_line.is_class
+                and self.previous_line.depth != current_line.depth
+            ):
+                return 0, 0
+
             if (
                 self.previous_line.is_comment
                 and self.previous_line.depth == current_line.depth
         ):
             return (before or 1), 0
 
+        if (
+            self.previous_line
+            and self.previous_line.is_class
+            and current_line.is_triple_quoted_string
+        ):
+            return before, 1
+
         return before, 0
 
 
     Note: destroys the tree it's visiting by mutating prefixes of its leaves
     in ways that will no longer stringify to valid Python code on the tree.
     """
+
     is_pyi: bool = False
     current_line: Line = Factory(Line)
     remove_u_prefix: bool = False
 @dataclass
 class Report:
     """Provides a reformatting counter. Can be rendered with `str(report)`."""
+
     check: bool = False
     quiet: bool = False
     change_count: int = 0
 
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+class ClassSimplest:
+    pass
+class ClassWithInit:
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+class ClassWithInitAndVars:
+    cls_var = 100
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+class ClassWithInitAndVarsAndDocstring:
+    """Test class"""
+    cls_var = 100
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+
+# output
+
+
+class ClassSimplest:
+    pass
+
+
+class ClassWithInit:
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class ClassWithInitAndVars:
+    cls_var = 100
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
+
+
+class ClassWithInitAndVarsAndDocstring:
+    """Test class"""
+
+    cls_var = 100
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        pass
 
         black.assert_equivalent(source, actual)
         black.assert_stable(source, actual, line_length=ll)
 
+    @patch("black.dump_to_file", dump_to_stderr)
+    def test_new_line_between_class_and_code(self) -> None:
+        source, expected = read_data("class_methods_new_line")
+        actual = fs(source)
+        self.assertFormatEqual(expected, actual)
+        black.assert_equivalent(source, actual)
+        black.assert_stable(source, actual, line_length=ll)
+
     def test_report(self) -> None:
         report = black.Report()
         out_lines = []