Tennessee Federal Judge Reluctantly Dismisses Post-Dukes Class Claims

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - Class claims of gender discrimination in a progeny case of the original Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (222 F.R.D. 137, 188 $(N.D. Cal. 2004$)) are time-barred under a landmark 1988 Sixth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruling finding that tolling of the statute of limitations does not extend to follow-on class actions filed by members of a former putative class, a Tennessee federal judge held Feb. 20 (Cheryl Phipps, et al. v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., No. 3:12-Cv-1009, M.D. Tenn.;...(read more)