Supreme Court Throws Out Class-Action Lawsuit Against Wal-Mart

In a 5-4 vote today, the Supreme Court decided a lawsuit claiming Wal-Mart discriminated against 1.5 million of its female employees did not qualify as a class-action lawsuit and will not be going foward. According to the justices, the plaintiffs were unable to show Wal-Mart had any common policies in place for discriminating against women workers, and individual store managers were allowed to promote and give raises at the manager’s discretion.

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