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Wal-Mart class-action appeal goes to Supreme Court

Wal-Mart class-action appeal goes to Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The U.S. Supreme Court said on Monday it would decide if the largest sex-discrimination class-action lawsuit in U.S. history against Wal-Mart Stores Inc can proceed, a case involving …

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Texas dairy company settles Vt. antitrust lawsuit

A national dairy processor says it is going to pay $ 30 million to settle a class-action lawsuit filed by dairy farmers from Vermont and other northeastern states that accused the firm of violating federal antitrust laws.

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Nation’s largest class action lawsuit certified against Wal-Mart

(PRWEB) June 23, 2004

As many as 1.6 million current and former female employees of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. may be represented by the class action lawsuit that was certified by a federal judge for sex discrimination. The largest private civil rights case in U.S. history, the suit alleges Wal-Mart created a system that pays its female workers less than males in comparable jobs, as well as passing women for key promotions on a frequent basis.

The U.S. District Judge Martin Jenkins took nine months before deciding if the class action lawsuit should be expanded to include all women who work or have worked at Wal-Mart’s 3,500 stores nationwide since 1998. Three years prior, when the lawsuit was first filed, Wal-Mart tried to limit the parameters of the ruling. In September, Wal-Mart company attorneys claimed Wal-Mart stores operate with so much autonomy that mini-class action lawsuits targeting each outlet would be more appropriate.

Jenkins’ ruling was based on the 1964 congressional act passed during the civil rights movement that prohibits sex discrimination. The Judge also believed the plaintiffs presented sufficient anecdotal evidence warranting a class-action trial. The ruling could allow for the lawyers representing the women included in the class action lawsuit to pursue punitive damages, back pay, and other compensation.    

So far, the Wal-Mart case has already generated 1.25 million pages of evidence and 200 sworn depositions. Wal-Mart plans on appealing the ruling, and no trial date has been set. Wal-Mart is the nation’s largest private employer.

Walmart Class Action Lawsuit

Alleged overcharging became the basis for a consumer class action recently filed against Wal-Mart Stores. The action was filed in the United States District Court, Central District of California. The suit claims that Wal-Mart has continually engaged in a practice of overcharging its customers. The overcharging most often takes the form of a discrepancy in prices as marked at the shelf, on flyers, etc., and those that are scanned at the register.

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