Dukes v. Wal-Mart plaintiffs hit roadblock in California
And the ongoing saga of Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. marches on.
August 05, 2013 at 05:00 AM
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And the ongoing saga of Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc. marches on.
On Friday, a California judge ruled that the women who were pursuing gender discrimination claims against Wal-Mart in California could not pursue the case as a group. According to U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer, the plaintiffs in the case did not show they have enough in common for class certification.
Dukes dates back to 2001, when a group of women in San Francisco sued the retail giant, claiming they were denied pay and promotion due to their gender. The case was first certified as a class action covering more than 1 million women across the country, but the Supreme Court rejected the nationwide group in 2011. After that ruling, plaintiffs started filing claims on behalf of groups of women in specific states. In October 2012, a similar case to the California one was rejected in Texas.
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