Case Name: Michelle BRAUN, On Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, Respondent v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., A Delaware Corporation, and Sam's Club, An Operating Segment of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Petitioners; Dolores Hummel, On Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, Respondent v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., A Delaware Corporation, And Sam's Club, An Operating Segment of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Petitioners
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 2012-07-02
Citations: 616 Pa. 354
Docket Number: Nos. 551 EAL 2011, 552 EAL 2011
Parties: Michelle BRAUN, On Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, Respondent v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., A Delaware Corporation, and Sam’s Club, An Operating Segment of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Petitioners. Dolores Hummel, On Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, Respondent v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., A Delaware Corporation, And Sam’s Club, An Operating Segment of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Petitioners.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 616
Pages: 354–355

Head Matter:
47 A.3d 1174
Michelle BRAUN, On Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, Respondent v. WAL-MART STORES, INC., A Delaware Corporation, and Sam’s Club, An Operating Segment of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Petitioners. Dolores Hummel, On Behalf of Herself and All Others Similarly Situated, Respondent v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., A Delaware Corporation, And Sam’s Club, An Operating Segment of Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., Petitioners.
Nos. 551 EAL 2011, 552 EAL 2011.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
July 2, 2012.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 2nd day of JULY, 2012, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is GRANTED, LIMITED TO the issue set forth below. Allocatur is DENIED as to all remaining issues. The issue is:
Whether, in a purported class action tried to verdict, it violates Pennsylvania law (including the Pennsylvania Rules of Civil Procedure) to subject Wal-Mart to a "Trial by Formula" that relieves Plaintiffs of their burden to produce class-wide "common" evidence on key elements of their claims.
Further, Petitioners' Applications for Leave to File PostAllocatur Communications and a Reply are DENIED as moot.