Stakes in the U.S. Supreme Court’s business- related docket jumped into the stratosphere in December when the justices agreed to hear arguments in the mammoth Wal-Mart class action challenge and the latest legal front in the global warming battle. The two cases are not just business cases, but civil rights cases as well, says James May of Widener University School of Law.
While Wal-Mart v. Dukes —the largest civil rights class action in history—has the potential to affect the rules for certification of all types of class actions, American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut may affect the rights of states, conservation groups, property owners, and others to seek relief for harm caused by climate change, he says.
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