The Supreme Court handed a loss to Tyson Foods over the company’s challenge to an almost $5.8 million class-action judgment in a case won by workers at an Iowa pork-processing facility who contended they were underpaid.
The court, in a 6-2 ruling on Tuesday written by conservative Justice Anthony Kennedy, upheld a 2014 appeals court decision in favor of the workers.
It was one of three closely watched class-action cases to come before the court during its current term, with business interests urging the justices to rein in such litigation.
