Supreme Court To Hear Sex Discrimination Case Against Wal-Mart

WASHINGTON, DC (CBS) - A big day for women, and a big day for the world's largest retailer before the nation's highest court. The Supreme Court justices will hear arguments on whether a sex discrimination case against Wal-Mart can go forward as a class action suit, covering more than 1.5 million women.

These are some of the comments female employees say they got from Wal-Mart managers when they wanted a promotion:

"They should stay home in the kitchen with a bun in the oven, barefoot and pregnant."

That's according to Lenora Lapidis, director of the ACLU's Women's Rights Project. Is she in favor of making this a class action?

"Women working at stores throughout the country allege similar types of discrimination based on archaic stereotypes," Lapidis said.

Giselle Reese is an executive V.P. at Wal-Mart.

"I wanted to be a store manager in my career, and I was able to achieve that in less than four years," Reese told CBS' Jim Taylor.

The case could potentially cost Wal-Mart billions of dollars.