WASHINGTON (June 20, 2011)—The U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously Monday that a sexual discrimination lawsuit against Wal-Mart Stores Inc. cannot proceed as a class action, reversing a decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco.
The lawsuit could have involved up to 1.6 million women, and Wal-Mart could have faced billions the possibility of billions of dollars in damages.
Now, the handful of women who brought the lawsuit may pursue their claims on their own, with much less money at stake and less pressure on Wal-Mart to settle.
Good. In general I'm against class action lawsuits, because the only winners are usually lawyers.
In other cases, the court won’t hear an appeal from ACORN, the activist group driven to ruin by scandal and financial woes, over being banned from getting federal funds.
The high court on Monday refused to review a federal court's decision to uphold Congress's ban on federal funds for the Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now.
Congress cut off ACORN's federal funding last year in response to allegations the group engaged in voter registration fraud and embezzlement and violated the tax-exempt status of some of its affiliates by engaging in partisan political activities.
The Supreme Court blocked a federal lawsuit by states and conservation groups trying to force cuts in greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, ruling Monday that the authority to seek reductions in emissions rests with the Environmental Protection Agency, not the courts.
The ruling was 8-0.
EPA says it will decide by next year whether to order utilities to cut emissions of carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas
It was the proper ruling, IMO. However, the EPA under Obama is set to do further and malicious damage to the US economy so the lawsuits are unnecessary .
