Saturday, December 11, 2010

Standing, Class Action Lawsuits and Wal-Mart v. Dukes

A case involving accusations of gender discrimination at Wal-Mart is also allowing the court to question the very practice of bringing class action lawsuits forward. Once again the court is flirting with the idea of limiting standing, the right of people to demonstrate to the court that they have a legitimate reason to take a case to the court.

- ScotusBlog: Walmart v. Dukes.
- ScotuBlog: This Week at the Court.
- Wikipedia: Walmart v. Dukes.
- ClassActionBlawg.
- Wikipedia: Class Action.
- Findlaw: Gender Discrimination