PHIPPS v. WAL-MART STORES, INC.

No. 13-6194.

792 F.3d 637 (2015)

Cheryl PHIPPS; Bobbi Millner; Shawn Gibbons, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: July 7, 2015.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Joseph M. Sellers , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Washington, D.C., for Appellants. Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, California, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Joseph M. Sellers , Christine E. Webber , Cohen Milstein Sellers & Toll, PLLC, Washington, D.C., George E. Barrett , David W. Garrison , Scott P. Tift , Seth M. Hyatt , Barrett Johnston, LLC, Nashville, TN, Jocelyn D. Larkin , The Impact Fund, Berkeley, CA, for Appellants. Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr. , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Rachel S. Brass , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, San Francisco, CA, Mark A. Perry , Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, D.C., Karl G. Nelson , GIbson, Dunn & Crutcher, Dallas, TX, for Appellee.

STRANCH, J., delivered the opinion of the court which MERRITT, J., joined, and COOK J., joined in part. COOK, J. (pg. 22), delivered a separate opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part.


OPINION

This putative class action lawsuit began after the Supreme Court's decision in Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes, ___ U.S. ___, 131 S.Ct. 2541, 180 L.Ed.2d 374 (2011). There the Supreme Court rejected certification, under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 23(b)(2), of...

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