Case: Wal-Mart Stores v. Dukes
1. What was the legal issue in the case? What did the Supreme Court decide?
2. What things must be shown in order to achieve class certification in a class action law suit? What did the court say was lacking in the case?
3. What complications do class action suits present when deciding the damages to which members are entitled? Why does the court reject the method proposed by the lower court?
4. What are the practical consequences of this decisions for plaintiffs in discrimination and other employment law cases? What around the consequences have been employees if the court had ruled that the class action could proceed?