The US Supreme Court ruled for Walmart Stores Inc. in the largest sex-discrimination lawsuit ever, overturning a decision that gave class-action status for female employees seeking billions of dollars.
The justices on Monday overturned a US appeals court ruling that more than a million female employees nationwide could join together in the lawsuit accusing Walmart of paying women less and giving them fewer promotions.
The supreme court accepted Walmart's main argument that the female employees in different jobs at 3,400 different stores nationwide and with different supervisors do not have enough in common to be lumped together.
The court only decided whether the 10-year-old lawsuit can proceed to trial as a group in a class-action suit, not the merits of the sex-discrimination allegations at the heart of the case.
The justices on Monday overturned a US appeals court ruling that more than a million female employees nationwide could join together in the lawsuit accusing Walmart of paying women less and giving them fewer promotions.
The supreme court accepted Walmart's main argument that the female employees in different jobs at 3,400 different stores nationwide and with different supervisors do not have enough in common to be lumped together.
The court only decided whether the 10-year-old lawsuit can proceed to trial as a group in a class-action suit, not the merits of the sex-discrimination allegations at the heart of the case.
