Wal-Mart Watch Statement On Dukes V. Wal-Mart Gender Discrimination Decision

For Immediate Release
Tuesday, February 06, 2007

Washington, D.C. – The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth District today affirmed the class action status of Dukes v. Wal-Mart, a gender discrimination lawsuit comprising over 2 million women that have worked for the company since 1998. Legal experts have estimated that Wal-Mart’s liability in the case could run as high as $11 billion.

Wal-Mart Watch executive director David Nassar issues the following statement in response to today’s decision:

Despite Wal-Mart’s efforts to stonewall, delay and obfuscate, today’s judgment brings us miles closer to justice and vindication for two million victims of the company’s illegal and immoral gender discrimination.

• Click here to read additional information on the Dukes case.