The court ruled unanimously that this would deprive Walmart of defences in individual cases that it was entitled to.Smaller classes The effect of the case will not be to kill class-action suits, but probably to trim class sizes.
Knowing that the Supremes have raised the bar, this makes it likely that lawyers will tell would-be classes to keep their claims narrow and specific.The court also trimmed class-action lawsuits in a previous ruling, AT&T v Concepcion (PDF), in April.
Recent experimental evidence suggests that the TRIM family represents one of the largest classes of single-protein, RING-containing, E3 ubiquitin ligases.
Governments could trim middle-class goodiesIt is hardly surprising that there are calls for the rich to "pay their share".
But European governments could trim middle-class goodies, such as universal child allowances.In America, the dominance of Medicare, the state-funded health scheme for retirees, means that social spending flows increasingly to the old, at the expense of the poor.
"I tried to go along with it, but I guess everyone knew I was surprised," said Ms. Lieberman, who had been on track to become a professional dancer until the demands of her training program with Ballet Chicago, she said, required her to trim her class schedule at New Trier High School in her hometown, Winnetka, Ill.
Big-ticket categories such as welfare, tax credits and public-service pensions are explicitly up for discussion; there are large and obvious savings to be made by trimming middle-class welfare entitlements, such as child benefit.
Other private and state institutions warn of larger classes, trimmed offerings, higher tuition and fewer services, faculty and visitors.
He pointed out that police officials are facing deep budget cuts and a reduced force because of the trimming of Police Academy classes this year and next.
In its highest trim, the S-Class shared a V-12, as well as other systems and components, with its significantly more expensive corporate cousins, the 57 and 62.
