Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes

564 U.S. 338·2011

What the Court Decided

The Supreme Court tightened the requirements for class certification under Rule 23, holding that plaintiffs must demonstrate that there are questions of law or fact truly common to the class — not just common questions but questions whose answers will drive the resolution of the case.

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Cited In

Noem v. Al Otro Lado

2025 Term · 25-5

The government relies on this case to argue that the class was improperly certified because the plaintiffs do not share a sufficiently common question of law or fact to justify class-wide treatment.