- What did the Supreme Court decide in the new Wal-Mart case? And more importantly how did it justify its decision?
The Supreme Court decided that the women’s class action lawsuit was misclassified. The Antonin Scalia decided that in order to win a civil suit the plaintiffs must have a common problem, but also a common solution to that problem. There were millions of female Walmart employees who were not denied the same pay raise and promotion, or insulted, belittled, or obstructed by the same manager. The Supreme Court justified its decision by stating that the plaintiffs didn’t have enough “glue” to litigate their cases all at once.