Crime | Walmart Wal-Mart Asks Supreme Court to Block Gender Bias Suit Mammoth suit shouldn't go to trial, company argues By Rob Quinn Posted Aug 26, 2010 5:00 AM CDT Copied A sharply divided federal appeals court ruled earlier this year that a massive class action lawsuit against Wal-Mart alleging gender discrimination can go to trial. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, file) America's biggest retailer wants the Supreme Court to reverse a decision exposing it to America's biggest class-action employment lawsuit. Wal-Mart has asked the court to overturn a decision from a lower court allowing a massive gender discrimination suit against it to proceed, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The plaintiff class could number up to 1.5 million female Wal-Mart employees. The suit alleges that Wal-Mart paid women less than men and passed them over for promotions that went to men. "The class is larger than the active-duty personnel in the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard combined making it the largest employment class action in history by several orders of magnitude," a Wal-Mart lawyer complained. The court is unlikely to take up the case until next year. Read These Next Something James Carville said made Melania Trump's lawyer unhappy. Vance's office says it wasn't involved in the river-raising. Ivanka and Jared are making headlines again. Justice Department goes after a prominent Trump foe. Report an error