Law360, Los Angeles (September 26, 2011, 6:32 PM ET) -- Energy equipment maker Lufkin Industries Inc. asked the U.S. Supreme Court earlier this month to review a Fifth Circuit decision denying its request to decertify an employee class alleging racial discrimination, based on the Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes decision.
Lufkin filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court on Sept. 16, arguing that a multimillion-dollar class action verdict against the company should be reversed on grounds that the plaintiff class should never have been certified in the first place.
“The deficiencies...
Citing Dukes, Lufkin Asks High Court To Review Class
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