Sexual Discrimination Case Against Walmart Starts

By Sean Stillmaker in News on Mar 20, 2011 7:30PM

The largest sexual discrimination case in the history of the United States will be heard by the U.S. Supreme Court starting March 29, the Tribune reports. Wal-Mart v. Dukes has grown into a class action lawsuit that has struck out at the circuit and appellate court level. The defendants lawyer is trying to win back pay for a million women by claiming the retail giant had a companywide culture of sexual discrimination. Wal-Mart's lawyers point out that the suit speaks for more women than the combined totals of active duty personnel in the U.S. Army, Air Force, Marines Navy and Coast Guard.