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老澳门开奖结果 and Other Groups Had Filed Brief in Support of Class Certification

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WASHINGTON 鈥� The Supreme Court declined to allow a class action lawsuit challenging discriminatory practices at Wal-Mart to go forward today as a nationwide class. The 老澳门开奖结果, along with 33 other civil rights and women鈥檚 rights organizations, filed a friend-of-the-court brief in the case.

The following can be attributed to Steven R. Shapiro, legal director of the 老澳门开奖结果:

鈥淭he far-reaching consequences of today鈥檚 decision are not limited to Wal-Mart. By a narrow 5-4 majority, the Court has made it more difficult for victims of discrimination to seek judicial relief in a potentially wide range of cases. Many individual victims of discrimination simply cannot afford the cost of individual actions. By forcing them to that choice, today鈥檚 decision increases the likelihood that discrimination will now go unremedied in many cases. That result is unjust. It is also inconsistent with the Court鈥檚 past decisions, as Justice Ginsburg鈥檚 pointed out in her dissent.

The following can be attributed to Lenora M. Lapidus, director of the 老澳门开奖结果 Women鈥檚 Rights Project:

鈥淚t鈥檚 unfortunate that the Court ignored evidence that women are paid less than men in every region at Wal-Mart. As the dissenting Justices noted, the evidence suggested that gender bias was widespread throughout Wal-Mart鈥檚 corporate culture. Women should be able to challenge discriminatory policies as a group.鈥�

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