Betty Dukes Patricia Surgeson Cleo Page Deborah Gunter Karen Williamson Christine Kwapnoski Edith Arana v. Wal-Mart, Inc., Betty Dukes Patricia Surgeson Cleo Page Deborah Gunter Karen Williamson Christine Kwapnoski Edith Arana v. Wal-Mart, Inc.

474 F.3d 1214 Betty DUKES; Patricia Surgeson; Cleo Page; Deborah Gunter; Karen Williamson; Christine Kwapnoski; Edith Arana, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. WAL-MART, INC., Defendant-Appellant. Betty Dukes; Patricia Surgeson; Cleo Page; Deborah Gunter; Karen Williamson; Christine Kwapnoski; Edith Arana, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Wal-Mart, Inc., Defendant-Appellee. No. 04-16688. No. 04-16720. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted August 8, 2005. Filed February 6, 2007. [ 474 F.3d 1221 ] Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., (argued & briefed) Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, CA, for the defendant-appellant-cross-appellee. Brad Seligman (argued), The Impact Fund, Berkeley, California, and Elizabeth A. Lawrence, Steve Stemerman, Davis, Cowell & Bowe, LLP, San Francisco, CA. Christine E. Webber, Joseph M. Sellers, Julie Goldsmith Reiser, Cohen, Milstein, Hausfeld & Toll, PLLC, Washington, D.C., Irma D. Herrera, Debra A. Smith, Equal Rights Advocates, San Francisco, CA, Stephen Tinkler, Charles Firth, Tinkler & Firth, Santa Fe, NM, Debra Gardner, Public Justice Center, Baltimore, MD, Merit Bennett, Merit Bennett, P.C., Santa Fe NM and Jocelyn D.…