Cheryl Phipps, et al v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.

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Case Number:

13-6194

Court:

Appellate - 6th Circuit

Nature of Suit:

3442 Civil Rights: Jobs

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  1. August 10, 2015

    6th Circ. Won't Toss Wal-Mart Post-Dukes Sex Bias Suit

    The Sixth Circuit refused Monday to reconsider its revival of regional class claims from gender bias plaintiffs covered by the nationwide Dukes class that the U.S. Supreme Court disbanded, despite Wal-Mart Stores Inc.'s argument that the Sixth Circuit ruling created a split with other circuits.

  2. July 22, 2015

    Wal-Mart Wants Full 6th Circ. To Rehear Gender Bias Appeal

    A Sixth Circuit panel ruling reviving regional class claims from gender bias plaintiffs covered by the nationwide Dukes class that the U.S. Supreme Court disbanded created a split with six other circuits, Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Tuesday in a petition for en banc rehearing.

  3. July 07, 2015

    Wal-Mart Must Face Post-Dukes Sex Bias Suit, 6th Circ. Rules

    The Sixth Circuit on Tuesday revived a putative class action accusing Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of gender bias, saying a lower court improperly tossed as time-barred claims raised by three female employees whose allegations were previously raised in Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc.

  4. May 01, 2014

    6th Circ. Grills Wal-Mart In Class' Sex Bias Appeal

    An attorney for Wal-Mart Stores Inc. urged the Sixth Circuit on Thursday to not revive the class claims of women who pressed a regional gender bias suit after the nationwide Dukes class was disbanded, but took a grilling from a judge over delays the women encountered. 

  5. January 03, 2014

    Wal-Mart Sex Bias Claims Not Time-Barred, 6th Circ. Hears

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. workers whose nationwide sex-bias class was disbanded in the U.S. Supreme Court's Dukes ruling urged the Sixth Circuit on Thursday to revive narrower class claims against the company, arguing a 1988 ruling that doomed their claims at the lower court had been superseded.

  6. December 17, 2013

    Wal-Mart Tells 6th Circ. To Nix Regional Class Bias Appeal

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. argued Monday that the two Supreme Court opinions cited by women seeking to revive regional class gender bias claims don't provide the clear authority the Sixth Circuit needed to overrule an earlier appellate decision that had doomed those claims at the lower court.  

  7. November 13, 2013

    Wal-Mart Employees Say Gender Bias Suit Not Time-Barred

    Female employees trying to revive class claims accusing Wal-Mart Stores Inc. of gender discrimination argued to the Sixth Circuit on Tuesday that the precedent under which their regional suit was tossed is no longer applicable amid intervening high court cases.

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