Wal-Mart V. Dukes Case Summary

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The case summary is all, a conclusion of the weight of class actions. The critical issues represented were the company’s relationship with its employees and discrimination issues. On peaceful existence, the question whether the customer was everything to the company was raised as well. For instance, in Wal-Mart v. Dukes case a group of women sued Wal-Mart Company on the basis that it was discriminatory in the way it treated women when issues of promotion, in payment, disabled and the immigrants and opportunities to learn came along. Led by plaintiff Betty Dukes, they alleged gender discrimination in standard policies that affected all. Initially, the district court decided to certify a class action as a representative of the millions who worked

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