Last Briefing Filed In Dukes - Oral Argument Is Next

Briefing is now complete in Dukes, et al. v. Wal-Mart. The defense filed its reply brief late last week ahead of its scheduled due date [link to reply brief].

The papers filed by the parties and their supporting amici likely constitute a new modern record in Supreme Court annals. The volume of paper manifests that the case may be the most important class action decision ever for employers and employees alike in several decades. As our readers know from past postings on the grant of the certiorari petition [link to posting], the initial defense briefing [link to posting], the plaintiffs' briefing [link to posting], and both sides' amicus filings [link to first and second posts], Dukes presents cutting-edge issues relative to how employment discrimination class actions can be structured, prosecuted, and defended.

 

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