Court Lets Wal-Mart Appeal Class-Action Status

[Nambe]

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)

A U.S. appeals court gave Wal-Mart Stores Inc. permission on Friday to appeal a judge's decision to let a record-sized sex discrimination lawsuit proceed against the retailer as a class action.

In June, a federal judge in San Francisco said a lawsuit that charges Wal-Mart discriminated against women in pay, promotions and training can proceed as a class action. Plaintiffs' lawyers called it the largest civil rights class-action case in U.S. history.

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled on Friday that Wal-Mart could appeal the June 22 decision of U.S. District Court Judge Martin Jenkins.

"The court, in its discretion, grants the petition for permission to appeal the district court's June 22, 2004, order granting class action certification," a 9th circuit panel of three judges wrote.

The order gave Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, 10 days to perfect its appeal and asked for the court clerk to expedite a hearing after that. ..

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[LauraK]

1. Judge get seat on Carlyle board of directors.

Wal-Mart now sells land mines and mini-tanks for children with 30mm cannons, ammunition included.

[napi21]

2. Isn't the 9th circuit almost always reversed?

Walmart deserves this suit. It's actually easier on them if it's a class action because they will only have to deal with one group of lawyers instead of several hundred. I'm surprised they argued against it. Maybe they were hoping to get it dismissed and it backfired?

[TaleWgnDg]

3. here's a more explanatory article about what's . . .

going on in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, written by a law school professor trying his damnedest to write for layppl . . . do I hear DU :boring: ???

http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/08/11/sebok.walmart.suit/

If that above url doesn't put you to sleep, then try this url (its the (federal) District Court opinion dated 6/16/04):

www.law.cornell.edu/primary_sources/Dukes_v_Wal-Mart.pdf

:bounce:


(edit: corrected url)