In the Wal-Mart case, the Supreme Court decided that the lawsuit could not continue as a class-action case. This means the women who sued Wal-Mart could not all join together as one large group to sue the company. The most important reason for this decision was the issue of “commonality.” Commonality means that all the people in a class-action lawsuit must share the same legal problem or experience. The Court said that the women did not have enough in common. Even though many of them claimed gender discrimination, their situations were different. They worked in different stores, had different managers, and experienced different treatment. Because of this, the Court believed there was no single company-wide policy that caused discrimination. So, the Court argued that the case could not be handled as one big lawsuit. Instead, each person would need to bring their own individual case. In my opinion, I think this decision makes it harder for workers to fight large companies. Even if discrimination exists, it is difficult to prove “commonality” when a company is so big. This may protect corporations more than employees.