{"id":2094,"date":"2011-03-30T09:44:32","date_gmt":"2011-03-30T13:44:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2016-11-17T08:14:58","modified_gmt":"2016-11-17T13:14:58","slug":"supreme-court-hears-wal-mart-sex-discrimination-case-certification","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journals.law.harvard.edu\/crcl\/supreme-court-hears-wal-mart-sex-discrimination-case-certification\/","title":{"rendered":"Supreme Court Hears Wal-Mart Sex Discrimination Case Certification"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Supreme Court heard oral argument Tuesday on a challenge to the certification of a class-action lawsuit on behalf of female employees against the giant retailer Wal-Mart. In the case Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes<\/em>, Wal-Mart is challenging a 9th Circuit certification of a class of all female employees<\/a>, arguing it violates due process and FRCP 23(b)(2) by creating an expansive class without cohesion whose claims are dissimilar and conflict with one another.<\/p>\n

During oral argument, justices seemed to split along gender lines<\/a>, with Justices Ginsberg, Kagan, and Sotomayor questioning Wal-Mart’s counsel most closely, while Justices Scalia and Kennedy concentrated their questions on counsel representing the women employees.\u00a0The suit began in 2000, when Wal-Mart employee Betty Dukes sued the company for violations of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Plaintiffs seek to represent a possible 1.5 million women who have worked for Wal-Mart since December 1998,\u00a0arguing Wal-Mart denied women promotions and higher pay<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Supreme Court heard oral argument Tuesday on a challenge to the certification of a class-action lawsuit on behalf of 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