DOE I v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 08-55706.

572 F.3d 677 (2009)

Jane DOE I; Jane Doe II; John Doe I; John Doe II individually and on behalf of Wal-Mart workers in Shenzhen China; Jane Doe III; Jane Doe IV, individually and on behalf of Wal-Mart workers in Dhaka, Bangladesh; Jane Doe V; Jane Doe VI; John Doe III, individually and on behalf of Wal-Mart workers in Bogor, Indonesia; Jane Doe VII; Jane Doe VIII individually and on behalf of Wal-Mart workers in Mastaphia Swaziland; Jane Doe IX; Jane Doe X; Jane Doe XI; John Doe IV, individually and on behalf of Wal-Mart workers in Managua and Sebaco, Nicaragua; Kristine Dall; Bruce Reeves; Christine Kaposy; Sharlotte Villacorta, individually and on behalf of similarly situated California workers, c/o 8530 Stanton Avenue, Buena Park, CA 90622, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed July 10, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Terrence P. Collingsworth, Natacha Thys, Conrad & Scherer, Washington, D.C.; Dan Stormer, Anne Richardson, Lisa Holder, Hadsell & Stormer, Pasadena, CA, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

James N. Penrod, Thomas M. Peterson, Amy M. Spicer, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, San Francisco, CA, for the defendant-appellee.

Deborah J. La Fetra, Damien M. Schiff, Pacific Legal Foundation, Sacramento, CA, for the amicus Pacific Legal Foundation.

Daniel J. Popeo, Richard A. Samp, Washington Legal Foundation, Washington, D.C.; Michael A. Carvin, Daniel R. Volkmuth, Jones Day, Washington, D.C., for the amicus Washington Legal Foundation and Allied Educational Foundation.

Before BETTY B. FLETCHER, RAYMOND C. FISHER, and RONALD M. GOULD, Circuit Judges.


GOULD, Circuit Judge:

The appellants were among the plaintiffs in the district court and are employees of foreign companies that sell goods to Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. ("Wal-Mart"). They brought claims against Wal-Mart based on the working conditions in each of their employers' factories.1 These claims relied primarily on a code of conduct included in Wal-Mart's supply contracts, specifying basic...

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