“Dukes v Wal-Mart is the largest civil rights class action suit in U.S. history.”
Merit and his former law partner, Steve Tinkler, initiated a nationwide class action lawsuit which was filed in Federal District Court in San Francisco, California, in 2001. A coalition of seven law firms was formed to undertake the lawsuit. The class action is national in scope and represents approximately 2 million women, claiming discrimination in promotion and pay perpetrated by Wal-Mart against its female employees since December of 1998.
Following the United States Supreme Court decision to break up the class in 2011, Merit has been participating in ongoing regional class actions against Wal-Mart throughout the country.
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May 24, 2019
Walmart Faces New Legal Battle From Old Pay Bias Claims – Bloomberg
BLOOMBERG – By – Paige Smith and Robert Iafolla
May 9, 2019
Years Later, Women Still Fight Walmart Over Discrimination – Time
TIME MAGAZINE – By Bryce Covert
June 21, 2011
Lawyer_ Wal-Mart Fight Isn’t Over – ABQ Journal
ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
September 4, 2010
Wal-Mart Class Action Timeline – SFNM
THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN
JUNE 2001
Six law firms identify six plaintiffs from the state of California, including Betty Dukes, and file the class action in U.S. District Court in San Francisco.