Odle v. Wal-Mart Stores Inc

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Case overview

Case Number:

3:11-cv-02954

Court:

Texas Northern

Nature of Suit:

Civil Rights: Employment

Multi Party Litigation:

Class Action

Judge:

Reed C. O'Connor

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  1. March 17, 2016

    Former Wal-Mart Workers Can't Enter Settled Sex-Bias Suit

    A Texas federal judge on Thursday denied a bid by eight female former Wal-Mart employees to intervene in a sex-discrimination suit spun off from the class action that led to the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark 2011 Dukes ruling, saying the settlement of the case had stripped the court of jurisdiction.

  2. May 15, 2015

    Wal-Mart Settles Ex-Dukes Plaintiff's Sex Bias Suit

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. has settled a sex bias suit brought by a former named plaintiff in Betty Dukes' once-massive class action, ending the suit filed in Texas federal court following the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark ruling decertifying Dukes' suit. 

  3. January 07, 2013

    Judge Lets Ex-Dukes Members Appeal Sex-Bias Dismissal

    A Texas federal judge on Monday allowed former Dukes class members suing Wal-Mart Stores Inc. for sex bias to appeal to the Fifth Circuit his order dismissing their class claims as time-barred.

  4. October 15, 2012

    Wal-Mart Beats Ex-Dukes Members' Sex Bias Class Claims

    A Texas federal judge on Monday tossed all class claims in the putative sex bias class action of 50,000 female Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees and former Wal-Mart v. Dukes class members, saying their suit was too late and not protected by tolling statutes.

  5. October 04, 2012

    Wal-Mart Says Texas Sex-Bias Class Action Is Time-Barred

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. argued in Texas federal court Thursday that the claims of a putative class of 50,000 women who allege the retailer discriminated against its female employees expired after the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a broader class in Wal-Mart v. Dukes.

  6. October 03, 2012

    Employers Brace For More Mini-Class Actions After Dukes

    With female Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employees launching a third high-profile regional discrimination suit Tuesday on the heels of the U.S. Supreme Court's decertification of a massive nationwide class, attorneys say national employers should be prepared for an increase in similar coordinated regional class actions.

  7. March 06, 2012

    Wal-Mart Says New Sex Bias Action Fails Dukes Standard

    Wal-Mart Stores Inc. argued Monday that a new proposed class of more than 50,000 female employees accusing the big-box retailer of discriminatory practices is too broad to satisfy the high court's decision in Wal-Mart Stores Inc. v. Dukes, which requires class members to face a common injury.

  8. January 19, 2012

    Female Workers Add Equal Pay Claims To Wal-Mart Action

    A former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employee on Thursday expanded her putative gender discrimination class action, adding claims that the discount chain failed to pay female employees at the same rates as their male counterparts working in Texas stores.

  9. October 28, 2011

    Female Ex-Workers Sue Wal-Mart Again Over Sex Bias

    A former Wal-Mart Stores Inc. employee hit the discount chain with a putative class action in Texas federal court alleging discriminatory hiring practices Friday, four months after the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the certification of a nationwide class of female Wal-Mart employees alleging sex discrimination.

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