TY - GEN T1 - What Do 1.5 Million Wal-Mart Women Have in Common?: Dukes v. Wal-Mart Class Action Certification AU - Smith, Kathryn AB - On April 26, 2010, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, sitting en banc in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, held that Rule 23 commonality and typicality existed among 1.5 million women employees of Wal-Mart claiming gender discrimination in the company’s hiring and promotion practices. This Comment addresses the commonality prong and argues that courts should be reluctant to certify a class of plaintiffs in employment cases when a company’s hiring practices are as subjective and localized as Wal-Mart’s. DA - 2011-4-1 PY - 2024 PB - unav JO - Boston College Law Review IS - 6 VL - 52 SP - E. Supp. 149 ER -