Ninth Circuit -- ELLIS V. COSTCO WHOLESALE

Female employees of Costco challenge inequitable promotion polices by class action.

Plaintiffs have standing.

Terminated employees are bad class reps for injunctive relief.

Remand for (1) rulings on common question of law/fact;  (2) whether individualized damages permit certification of a 23(b)(2) class; (3) typicality of class reps.


ELLIS V. COSTCO WHOLESALE