U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit
Mar. 26, 2009
Full Circuit Panel Hears Wal-Mart Class Certification Case
The 9th Circuit wrestled with the question of whether 1.5 million female Wal-Mart employees have enough in common to be certified as a class in a sexual discrimination lawsuit against the world's largest retailer.
Daily Journal Staff Writer SAN FRANCISCO - How can 1.5 million female Wal-Mart employees all claim they've been discriminated against by their employer when the mega-retailer allows individual store managers discretion in matters of pay and promotion? That was one of the pressing questions for an 11-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Tuesday as it grilled attorneys for both sides in a long running sex discrimina...
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