Can a Group of Women File a Class-Action Suit Against Wal-Mart for Sexual Discrimination? PROS.

WAL-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes; CLASS actions; SEX discrimination in employment; CLASS certification (Law); UNITED States. Supreme Court; CIVIL Rights Act of 1964

The article presents the Brief for the Respondents submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on February 22, 2011. It discusses the class certification opinion addressing challenges to the parties' expert evidence issued by the Federal district court with respect to the sexual discrimination lawsuit filed by Betty Dukes against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. It points out that the district court held that the plaintiffs demonstrated questions of law under Rule 23 under Title 7 of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.