In a much-anticipated decision, the U.S. Supreme Court recently affirmed a $2.9 million judgment in a class action for unpaid overtime wages against Tyson Foods Inc. in which employee class members relied on representative and statistical evidence to establish class-wide liability. The Court held that the class-member employees could establish class-wide liability through the use of representative and statistical evidence because the class members could have relied on such evidence to establish liability in individual actions.