The 4th Circuit upheld class certification for black steelworkers who claim they were subjected to extreme and unrelenting racial discrimination while working for the Nucor Corporation in South Carolina. The ruling…is the second time the 4th Circuit has found the district court erred in refusing to certify the workers' class, and U.S. Circuit Judge Roger Gregory said…the court is misapplying the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling in the 2011 case Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. v. Dukes…Gregory noted that "statistics indicate that promotions at Nucor depended in part on whether an individual was black or white ... [that] substantial anecdotal evidence suggests discrimination in specific promotions decisions in multiple plant departments ... and [that] there is also significant evidence that those promotions decisions were made in the context of a racially hostile work environment."