CNN Special, FindLaw column by Anthony J. Sebok about Wal-Mart's attempt to head off the enormous class action lawsuit they are now faced with:
[...]Last week, Wal-Mart petitioned the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals, asking it to step in and decertify the case. It is highly usual for an appellate court to get involved in a lawsuit before there is a final judgment in a trial. But Wal-Mart will try to persuade the Ninth Circuit that Dukes is a very unusual case, and that is why the class action should be stopped before it goes too far.
There are two reasons why the Dukes suit is indeed unusual -- but neither justifies the Ninth Circuit's stepping in and stopping the case.
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Read the column in full, here.
Posted by Morgan on August, 11 2004 at 06:37 PM
