Legal Opinion

Ellis v. Costco Wholesale Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided September 16, 2011No. 07-15838PublishedCited by 654 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

Costco Wholesale Corporation appeals the district court’s order granting class certification in a class action brought by Shirley “Rae” Ellis, Leah Horstman, and Elaine Sasaki (collectively Plaintiffs). In the class action, Plaintiffs allege that Costco’s promotional practices discriminate based on gender. Because we granted Costco permission to file an interlocutory appeal, our jurisdiction arises under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(e). We affirm in part, vacate in part, and remand.

This' complicated case requires us to consider a number of issues relating to class…

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