Wal-Mart Plaintiffs Head Back to Court With Smaller California Class, New Evidence

The plaintiffs in a massive, long-running sex discrimination case against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. Oct. 27 filed an amended complaint that is pared down to female current and former Wal-Mart employees in California and includes new evidence that was not a part of the case that made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court (Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc., N.D. Cal., No. 3:01-cv-02252-CRB).

The amended complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, challenges Wal-Mart’s allegedly discriminatory pay and promotion practices against women and seeks monetary relief and punitive damages under Title VII of ...