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Docket for 10-277
No. 10-277
Title:
Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Petitioner
v.
Betty Dukes, et al.
Docketed:August 25, 2010
Linked with 10A19
Lower Ct:United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  Case Nos.:(04-16688, 04-16720)
  Decision Date:April 26, 2010
Questions Presented

~~~Date~~~ ~~~~~~~Proceedings  and  Orders~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Jul 2 2010 Application (10A19) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from July 25, 2010 to August 25, 2010, submitted to Justice Kennedy.
Jul 7 2010 Application (10A19) granted by Justice Kennedy extending the time to file until August 25, 2010.
Aug 25 2010 Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due September 24, 2010)
Sep 3 2010 Order extending time to file response to petition to and including October 25, 2010.
Sep 13 2010 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Sep 14 2010 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.
Sep 24 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Intel Corporation filed.
Sep 24 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed.
Sep 24 2010 Brief amicus curiae of DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar filed.
Sep 24 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council filed.
Sep 24 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed.
Sep 24 2010 Brief amici curiae of Altria Group, Inc., et al. filed.
Sep 24 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed.
Sep 24 2010 Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed.
Sep 24 2010 Brief amicus curiae of California Employment Law Council filed.
Oct 21 2010 Brief of respondents Betty Dukes, et al. in opposition filed.
Oct 29 2010 Reply of petitioner Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated filed.
Nov 1 2010 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of November 23, 2010.
Nov 29 2010 DISTRIBUTED for Conference of December 3, 2010.
Dec 6 2010 Petition GRANTED limited to Question I presented by the petition. In addition to Question I, the parties are directed to brief and argue the following question: "Whether the class certification ordered under Rule 23(b)(2) was consistent with Rule 23(a)."
Dec 23 2010 SET FOR ARGUMENT Tuesday, March 29, 2011.
Dec 29 2010 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the petitioner.
Jan 12 2011 Consent to the filing of amicus curiae briefs, in support of either party or of neither party, received from counsel for the respondents.
Jan 20 2011 Joint appendix filed. (Jt.appendix in 3 volumes) (Statement of costs filed).
Jan 20 2011 Brief of petitioner Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated filed.
Jan 25 2011 CIRCULATED.
Jan 25 2011 Brief amicus curiae of California Employment Law Council filed. (Distributed)
Jan 26 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Pacific Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Jan 27 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Intel Corporation filed. (Distributed)
Jan 27 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Association of Global Automakers, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 27 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Chamber of Commerce of the United States filed. (Distributed)
Jan 27 2011 Brief amici curiae of Society for Human Resource Management and HR Policy Association filed. (Distributed)
Jan 27 2011 Brief amicus curiae of International Association of Defense Counsel filed. (Distributed)
Jan 27 2011 Brief amici curiae of Altria Group, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 27 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Costco Wholesale Corporation filed. (Distributed)
Jan 27 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Equal Employment Advisory Council filed. (Distributed)
Jan 27 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association filed. (Distributed)
Jan 27 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Retail Litigation Center, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Jan 27 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Washington Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Jan 27 2011 Brief amicus curiae of DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar filed. (Distributed)
Jan 27 2011 Brief amici curiae of Atlantic Legal Foundation and New England Legal Foundation filed. (Distributed)
Feb 4 2011 Record received from U.S.C.A. for 9th Circuit. (1 box)
Feb 20 2011 Record received from U.S.D.C. for Northern District of San Francisco. (12 boxes)
Feb 22 2011 Brief of respondents Betty Dukes, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Feb 25 2011 Brief amici curiae of Labor Economists and Statisticians filed. (Distributed)
Feb 28 2011 Brief amicus curiae of American Association for Justice filed. (Distributed)
Mar 1 2011 Brief amici curiae of U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 1 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Law and Economics Professors filed. (Distributed)
Mar 1 2011 Brief amici curiae of Public Justice, P.C., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 1 2011 Brief amici curiae of Consumers Union of United States, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 1 2011 Brief amici curiae of National Employment Lawyers Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 1 2011 Brief amici curiae of American Sociological Association, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 1 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Institute for Women's Policy Research filed. (Distributed)
Mar 1 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Public Citizen, Inc. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 1 2011 Brief amici curiae of United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 1 2011 Brief amici curiae of NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 1 2011 Brief amicus curiae of Civil Procedure Professors filed. (Distributed)
Mar 1 2011 Brief amici curiae of American Civil Liberties Union and National Women's Law Center, et al. filed. (Distributed)
Mar 17 2011 Reply of petitioner Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated filed.
Mar 29 2011 Argued. For petitioner: Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal. For respondents: Joseph M. Sellers, Washington, D. C.
Jun 20 2011 Judgment REVERSED Scalia, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Roberts, C. J., and Kennedy, Thomas, and Alito, JJ., joined, and in which Ginsburg, Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined as to Parts I and III. Ginsburg, J., filed an opinion concurring in part and dissenting in part, in which Breyer, Sotomayor, and Kagan, JJ., joined.
Jul 21 2011 Record returned to U.S.D.C. for Northern District of California.
Jul 22 2011 JUDGMENT ISSUED.



~~Name~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~    ~~~~~~~Address~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~   ~~Phone~~~
Attorneys for Petitioner:
Theodore J. Boutrous Jr. Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP(213) 229-7000
    Counsel of Record333 South Grand Avenue
Los Angeles, CA  90071
tboutrous@gibsondunn.com
Party name: Wal-Mart Stores, Incorporated
Attorneys for Respondents:
Brad Seligman The Impact Fund(519) 845-3473
    Counsel of Record125 University Ave., Suite 102
Berkeley, CA  94710
bseligman@impactfund.org
Party name: Betty Dukes, et al.
 
Joseph M. Sellers Cohen Milstein Hausfeld & Toll PLLC(202) 408-4600
1100 New York Avenue, NW
Suite 500 - West Tower
Washington, DC  20005
jsellers@cohenmilstein.com
Party name: Betty Dukes, et al.
Other:
John H. Beisner Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP(202) 371-7410
1440 New York Avenue, NW
Washington, DC  20005
John.Beisner@skadden.com
Party name: Chamber of Commerce of the United States
 
Lisa S. Blatt Arnold & Porter LLP(202) 942-5000
555 12th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20004
Lisa.Blatt@aporter.com
Party name: Retail Litigation Center, Inc.
 
Robert Matthew Cairns Gallagher Callahan & Gartrell PC(603) 545-3622
214 North Main St.
Concord, NH  03301
cairns@gcglaw.com
Party name: DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar
 
W. Stephen Cannon Constantine Cannon LLP(202) 204-3500
1627 Eye Street, N.W.
10th Floor
Washington, DC  20006
scannon@constantinecannon.com
Party name: Retail Litigation Center, Inc.
 
Janelle Marie Carter Mehri & Skalet PLLC(202)-822-5100
1250 Connecticut Avenue NW
Suite 300
Washington, DC  20036
jcarter@findjustice.com
Party name: National Employment Lawyers Association, et al.
 
Sarah Crawford National Partnership for Women & Families(202) 986-2600
1875 Connecticut Ave., N.W.
Washington, DC  20009
scrawford@nationalpartnerships.org
Party name: U.S. Women's Chamber of Commerce, et al.
 
Linda M. Dardarian Goldstein Demchak Baller Borgen & Dardarian(510) 763-9800
300 lakeside Drive
Suite 1000
Oakland, CA  94612
idardarian@gdblegal.com
Party name: Institute for Women's Policy Research
 
Daniel B Edelman Katz, Marshall & Banks, LLP(202) 299-1140
1718 Connecticut Ave. NW, Sixth Floor
Washington, DC  20009
edelman@kmblegal.com
Party name: Labor Economists and Statisticians
 
Roy T. Englert Jr. Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orseck, Untereiner & Sauber LLP(202) 775-4500
1801 K Street, N.W., Suite 411
Washington, DC  20006
renglert@robbinsrussell.com
Party name: Intel Corporation
 
Donald M. Falk Mayer Brown LLP(650) 331-2000
Two Palo Alto Square, Suite 300
Palo Alto, CA  94306
dfalk@mayerbrown.com
Party name: Association of Global Automakers, Inc.
 
Kevin K. Green 655 West Broadway, Suite 1900(619)-231-1058
San Diego, CA  92101
kgreen@rgrdlaw.com
Party name: Consumers Union of United States, Inc., et al.
 
Paul Grossman Paul Hastings LLP(213) 683-6203
515 South Flower Street
Twenty-Fifth Floor
Los Angeles, CA  90071
paulgrossman@paulhastings.com
Party name: California Employment Law Council
 
Melissa Hart White Center for the Study of(303) 735-6344
American Constitutional Law
University of Colorado Law School
Wolf Law Building
UCB 401
Boulder, CO  80309
Melissa.hart@colorado.edu
Party name: Civil Procedure Professors
 
Martin S. Kaufman Atlantic Legal Foundation(914) 834-3322
2039 Palmer Avenue
Larchmont, NY  10538
mskaufman@atlanticlegal.org
Party name: Atlantic Legal Foundation and New England Legal Foundation
 
Jeffrey A. Lamken MoloLamken LLP(202) 556-2000
The Watergate, Suite 660
600 New Hampshire Ave., NW
Washington, DC  20037
jlamken@mololamken.com
Party name: Altria Group, Inc., et al.
 
Lenora M. Lapidus 125 Broad Street (212) 549-2500
New York, NY  10004
llapidus@aclu.org
Party name: American Civil Liberties Union and National Women's Law Center, et al.
 
Robert Stuart Libman Miner, Barnhill & Galland, P.C.(312) 751-1170
14 W. Erie St.
Chicago, ID  60610
rlibman@lawmbg.com
Party name: Law and Economics Professors
 
Scott L. Nelson Public Citizen Litigation Group(202) 588-1000
1600 20th Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20009
snelson@citizen.org
Party name: Public Citizen, Inc.
 
Monique Olivier Duckworth Peters Lebowitz Olivier LLP(415) 433-0333
100 Bush Street, Suite 1800
San Francisco, CA  94104
monique@dplolaw.com
Party name: Public Justice, P.C., et al.
 
Camille A. Olson Seyfarth Shaw LLP(312) 460-5000
131 S. Dearborn Street, Suite 2400
Chicago, IL  60603
colson@seyfarth.com
Party name: Society for Human Resource Management and HR Policy Association
 
John A. Payton NAACP Legal Defense & Educational Fund, Inc.(212) 965-2200
99 Hudson Street, 16th Floor
New York, NY  10013
jpayton@naacpldf.org
Party name: NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund, Inc., et al.
 
Carter G. Phillips Sidley Austin LLP(202) 736-8270
1501 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC  20005
cphillips@sidley.com
Party name: DRI - The Voice of the Defense Bar
 
E. Joshua Rosenkranz Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP(212) 506-5380
51 West 52nd Street
New York, NY  10019-6142
jrosenkranz@orrick.com
Party name: Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
 
David B. Ross Seyfarth Shaw LLP(212) 218-5500
620 8th Ave., Thirty Second Fl.
New York, NY  10018
dross@seyfarth.com
Party name: Costco Wholesale Corporation
 
Andrew D. Roth Bredhoff & Kaiser, P.L.L.C.(202) 842-2600
805 15th Street, N.W., Suite 1000
Washington, DC  20005
Party name: United Food and Commercial Workers International Union, et al.
 
Richard A. Samp Washington Legal Foundation(202) 588-0302
2009 Massachusetts Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20036
rsamp@wlf.org
Party name: Washington Legal Foundation
 
Timothy M. Sandefur Pacific Legal Foundation(916) 419-7111
950 G Street
Sacramento, CA  95814
tsandefur@pacificlegal.org
Party name: Pacific Legal Foundation
 
Mary-Christine Sungaila Snell & Wilmer LLP(714) 427-7000
600 Anton Blvd., Suite 1400
Costa Mesa, CA  92626
mcsungaila@swlaw.com
Party name: International Association of Defense Counsel
 
Michael B Trister Trister Ross Schadler & Gold(202) 328-1666
1666 Connecticut Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC  20009
mtrister@tristerross.com
Party name: American Sociological Association, et al.
 
John Vail Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C.(202) 944-2887
777 Sixth Street, NW, Suite 520
Washington, DC  20001
john.vail@cclfirm.com
Party name: American Association for Justice
 
Rae T. Vann Norris Tysse Lampley & Lakis LLP(202) 629-5600
1501 M Street, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC  20005
rvann@ntll.com
Party name: Equal Employment Advisory Council

 

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