Walmart went to the Supreme Court March 29, 2011 to ask the Supreme Court could they throw the case. Now, why would they go to the Supreme Court, well because when they went to the lower courts they all threw the case out, but that wasn't good enough for the women of their companies who are suing them, even though they won at the district and appellate court levels. So they took matters a step higher.
But what some owners can't seem to understand is why are the women so unhappy when over 70 % of their employees are women and 1/3 of their mangers are women. But Walmart shouldn't feel alone because many big companies are supporting them because they think this court case will be very costly to them and they can't seem to understand why they couldn't just settle this between them.
How This Relates To Class:
This story relates to class because just a couple of weeks ago we learned about the different steps it takes for a case to be heard by the highest court. And one of the steps was it had to go through a small court and enough judges had to vote yes for that particle case to be heard by the Supreme Court. And that is exactly what this Walmart vs. Women Employees case had to do.
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