Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes
5-4
Prologue Projects
4.6 • 3.2K Ratings
🗓️ 25 May 2021
⏱️ 49 minutes
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The hosts discuss a case in which the Supreme Court denied "class" status to female Wal-Mart employees in a gender discrimination class action, proving in this 5-4 decision that boys will be boys.
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| 0:00.0 | We'll hear our argument first this morning in case 10277 Walmart stores versus |
| 0:05.3 | Dukes. |
| 0:07.0 | Hey everyone, this is Leon from Fiasco and Prologg Projects. |
| 0:15.2 | On this week's episode of 5-4, Peter, Rianne and Michael discuss Walmart V-Dukes. |
| 0:21.4 | This is a 2011 ruling in which the court decided that a class action lawsuit filed against |
| 0:26.0 | Walmart by 1.5 million women could not proceed. |
| 0:30.2 | The women, all of whom had worked at Walmart, were suing the company over hiring and promotion |
| 0:34.3 | practices. |
| 0:35.3 | I brought this case because I believe that there was a pattern of discrimination at Walmart, |
| 0:40.7 | not just in my store, but I believe it is a closed city country. |
| 0:44.3 | But the case would never be argued on its merits. |
| 0:46.8 | But the question inside the courtroom was not if Walmart stores had mistreated their |
| 0:51.3 | workers, it was whether to let the lawsuit go forward as a class action or to throw it |
| 0:56.7 | out. |
| 0:57.7 | Supreme Court held the plaintiffs bringing the case did not have enough in common to constitute |
| 1:02.5 | a class, meaning they could not file a class action lawsuit together. |
| 1:07.3 | This is 5-4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks. |
| 1:17.7 | Welcome to 5-4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have sent our |
| 1:22.9 | nation's values spiraling downward like Bitcoin after an Elon Musk tweet. |
| 1:27.7 | Hi, Peter. |
| 1:28.7 | I'm here with Rianne. |
| 1:32.7 | Hey, hello. |
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