WAL-MART STORES, INC. v. DUKES

No. 10-277.

131 S.Ct. 2541 (2011)

564 U.S. 338

180 L.Ed.2d 374

WAL-MART STORES, INC., Petitioner, v. DUKES et al.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 20, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore B. Olson , Mark A. Perry , Amir C. Tayrani , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. , Counsel of Record, Rachel S. Brass , Theane Evangelis Kapur , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.

Joseph M. Sellers , Christine E. Webber , Jenny R. Yang , Kalpana Kotagal , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll PLLC, Washington, D.C., Brad Seligman , Jocelyn D. Larkin , The Impact Fund, Berkeley, CA, Steven Stemerman , Elizabeth A. Lawrence , Davis, Cowell & Bowe, LLP, San Francisco, CA, Arcelia Hurtado , Noreen Farell , Equal Rights Advocates, San Francisco, CA, Sheila Y. Thomas , Law Office of Sheila Thomas, Oakland, CA, Stephen Tinkler , The Tinkler Law Firm, Santa Fe, NM, Merit Bennett , The Bennett Firm, Santa Fe, NM, Debra Gardner , Baltimore, MD, Shauna Marshall , Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, CA, for Respondents.

Theodore B. Olson , Mark A. Perry , Amir C. Tayrani , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. , Counsel of Record, Rachel S. Brass , Theane Evangelis Kapur , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.


Justice SCALIA delivered the opinion of the Court.

We are presented with one of the most expansive class actions ever. The District Court and the Court of Appeals approved the certification of a class comprising about one and a half million plaintiffs, current and former female employees of petitioner Wal-Mart who allege that the discretion exercised by their local supervisors over pay and promotion matters violates Title...

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