Wal-Mart asks Supreme Court to review employment class action

Wal-Mart today filed a petition for certiorari in the U.S. Supreme Court, asking the Court to review certification of a huge employment class action lawsuit.  Plaintiffs in Dukes v. Wal-Mart allege that Wal-Mart discriminates against women in pay and promotions, and they seek to represent a class of some 1.5 million current and former employees.  Wal-Mart contends the class -- the largest ever in an employment case -- includes too many members, and presents too many individual issues, to be adjudicated in a single action.  So far the federal District Court in California and the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals have disagreed.  See SCOTUS Blog's coverage of the petition for certiorari here, and our earlier coverage of the case here.