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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: August 14, 2004SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13 (AP) - A federal appeals court agreed Friday to a request from Wal-Mart Stores Inc. to hear an appeal of a San Francisco judge's order approving class-action status for a sex-discrimination lawsuit.
In a brief order, the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit did not comment on the merits of the appeal, and did not say when it would hear it.
The suit contends that Wal-Mart set up a system that frequently pays female workers less than their male counterparts for comparable jobs and bypasses them for promotions.
Yet another news report, this one via Bloomberg News, as published in the Houston Chronicle: Wal-Mart class-action status to be reviewed.
Previous related post: Wal-Mart wants to declassify lawsuit.
Posted by Morgan on August, 14 2004 at 10:13 AM
