- What did the Supreme Court decide in the Wal-Mart case? And more importantly, how did it justify its decision? (HINT: the key word here is “commonality” (and how it related to “class-action lawsuit”). Try to understand what this legal terms means, as it is key to the court’s decision)
The supreme Court did not want to rule it was a class action case only because every woman’s situation was different and they were not all under the same supervisor where they felt discriminated. Not all 1.5 million women were a belittled or insulted by the same supervisor, or rejected for the same position. The lawyers did try to find commonality to rule as class action due to the amount of pay they were receiving versus male employees pay. That was not enough to go on.
