Decided

No. 10-277

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Betty Dukes, et al.

from the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

See other cases from the Ninth Circuit.

Docket Entries

JUDGMENT ISSUED.

Record returned to U.S.D.C. for Northern District of California.

Judgment REVERSED Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito, JJ., joined, and in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined as to Parts I and III. Ginsburg, J., filed an opin... (orders list)

Argued. For petitioner: Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal. For respondents: Joseph M. Sellers, Washington, D. C.

Reply of petitioner Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Civil Procedure Professors filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Women's Policy Research filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Public Justice, P.C., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Law and Economics Professors filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and National Women's Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of American Sociological Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Consumers Union of United States, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Labor Economists and Statisticians filed. (Distributed)

Brief of respondents Betty Dukes, et al. filed. (Distributed)

Record received from U.S.D.C. for Northern District of San Francisco. (12 boxes)

Record received from U.S.C.A. for 9th Circuit. (1 box)

Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Intel Corporation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Association of Global Automakers, Inc. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Society for Human Resource Management and HR Policy Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of International Association of Defense Counsel filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Altria Group, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Costco Wholesale Corporation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar filed. (Distributed)

Brief amici curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation and New England Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)

Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)

CIRCULATED.

Brief amicus curiae of California Employment Law Council filed. (Distributed)

Brief of petitioner Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated filed.

Joint appendix filed. (Jt.appendix in 3 volumes) (Statement of costs filed).

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of eithr party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.

SET FOR ARGUMENT Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

Petition GRANTED limited to Question I presented by the petition. In addition to Question I, the parties are directed to brief and argue the following question: "Whether the class certification ordered under Rule 23(b)(2) was consistent with Rule 23... (orders list)

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 3, 2010.

DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 23, 2010.

Reply of petitioner Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated filed.

Brief of respondents Betty Dukes, et al. in opposition filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Intel Corporation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of California Employment Law Council filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.

Brief amici curiae of Altria Group, Inc., et al. filed.

Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.

Brief amicus curiae of DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar filed.

Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.

Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.

Consent to the filing of amicus briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.

Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 25, 2010.

Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 24, 2010)

Application (10A19) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until August 25, 2010.

Application (10A19) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 25, 2010 to August 25, 2010, submitted to Justice Kennedy.

Parties

Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated, Petitioner, represented by Theodore J. Boutrous Jr.

Betty Dukes, et al., Respondent, represented by Brad Seligman

Betty Dukes, et al., Respondent, represented by Joseph M. Sellers

Amici Curiae

Altria Group, Inc., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Jeffrey A. Lamken

American Association for Justice, Amicus Curiae, represented by John Vail

American Civil Liberties Union and National Women's Law Center, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Lenora M. Lapidus

American Sociological Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Michael B Trister

Association of Global Automakers, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Donald M. Falk

Atlantic Legal Foundation and New England Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Martin S. Kaufman

California Employment Law Council, Amicus Curiae, represented by Paul Grossman

Chamber of Commerce of the United States, Amicus Curiae, represented by John H. Beisner

Civil Procedure Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Melissa Hart

Consumers Union of United States, Inc., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Kevin K. Green

Costco Wholesale Corporation, Amicus Curiae, represented by David B. Ross

DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar, Amicus Curiae, represented by Carter G. Phillips

DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert Matthew Cairns

Equal Employment Advisory Council, Amicus Curiae, represented by Rae T. Vann

Institute for Women's Policy Research, Amicus Curiae, represented by Linda M. Dardarian

Intel Corporation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Roy T. Englert Jr.

International Association of Defense Counsel, Amicus Curiae, represented by Mary-Christine Sungaila

Labor Economists and Statisticians, Amicus Curiae, represented by Daniel B Edelman

Law and Economics Professors, Amicus Curiae, represented by Robert Stuart Libman

NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by John A. Payton

National Employment Lawyers Association, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Janelle Marie Carter

Pacific Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Timothy M. Sandefur

Public Citizen, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Scott L. Nelson

Public Justice, P.C., et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Monique Olivier

Retail Litigation Center, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by W. Stephen Cannon

Retail Litigation Center, Inc., Amicus Curiae, represented by Lisa S. Blatt

Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by E. Joshua Rosenkranz

Society for Human Resource Management and HR Policy Association, Amicus Curiae, represented by Camille A. Olson

United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Andrew D. Roth

U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, et al., Amicus Curiae, represented by Sarah Crawford

Washington Legal Foundation, Amicus Curiae, represented by Richard A. Samp

 
Last updated: September 11, 2011