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WAL-MART STORES, INC., PETITIONER v. BETTY DUKES et al.

Term: 2010
Important Dates
Argued: March 29, 2011
Decided: June 20, 2011
Outcome
Reversed
Vote
5-4
Majority
Samuel Alito • Anthony Kennedy • John Roberts • Antonin Scalia • Clarence Thomas
Dissenting
Stephen Breyer • Ruth Bader Ginsburg • Elena Kagan • Sonia Sotomayor

WAL-MART STORES, INC., PETITIONER v. BETTY DUKES et al. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on June 20, 2011. The case was argued before the court on March 29, 2011.

In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed the ruling of the lower court. The case originated from the California Northern U.S. District Court.

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About the case

Subject matter: Judicial Power - Standing to sue: justiciable question
Petitioner: Retail business or outlet
Petitioner state: Unknown
Respondent type: Female employee or job applicant
Respondent state: Unknown
Citation: 564 U.S. 338
How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
Who was the chief justice: John Roberts
Who wrote the majority opinion: Antonin Scalia

These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as conservative.

See also

External links

The Supreme Court Database

Footnotes

↑ Harold J. Spaeth, Lee Epstein, et al., "2023 Supreme Court Database, Version 2023 Release 1 and SCDB Legacy 07," accessed March 21, 2024

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