Class Action

Oral argument preview: Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Inc.

By Kimberly A. Kralowec

This afternoon at 2:00 p.m. in San Francisco, an eleven-judge en banc panel of the Ninth Circuit will hear oral argument on rehearing in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Inc. (see this blog post for more).  In 2007, a three-judge panel (with one judge dissenting) affirmed the trial court's order granting class certification under Rule 23(b)(2) of plaintiffs' Title VII claims for gender discrimination. Dukes v. Wal-Mart, Inc., 509 F.3d 1168 (9th Cir. 2007).

Time permitting, I'm going to attend the Ninth Circuit argument today and provide a report here tomorrow. 

Full post as published by The UCL Practitioner on March 24, 2009 (boomark / email).