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 conclusion of the Wal-Mart v. Dukes case was that the supreme court could not recognize that the 1.5 million women as class plaintiffs as one class and ruled in favor of Walmart. They justified this decision by stating that there was no commonality in the large group of women in the class action suit. Not all of the women being represented had the same issues, no pattern was found, and the commonality was not met. Not all women who worked for Walmart around the country in the years 1998 to 2011 faced the same discrimination, sexism, and bias.