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    Supreme Court Rejects Wal-Mart Discrimination Suit

    The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that a group of women claiming sexual discrimination against retail giant Wal-Mart may not seek a class action lawsuit. The plaintiffs had sought to bring together more than one million women in the suit.

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    KCRW placeholderBy Sara Terry • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    The US Supreme Court ruled unanimously today that a group of women claiming sexual discrimination against retail giant Wal-Mart may not seek a class action lawsuit. The plaintiffs had sought to bring together more than one million women in the suit. We hear more about the decision from Dahlia Lithwick, senior editor and legal correspondent at Slate.com.

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    1 of 3
    A Long, Idle Summer for America's Youth
    1. 0:00Supreme Court Rejects Wal-Mart Discrimination SuitYou’re reading this
    2. 7:48A Long, Idle Summer for America's Youth
    3. 43:29Google Digitizes the British Library Collection
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