there was only one clarence clemons and now he s left us. with that unique sound. nightly news begins now. with that unique sound. nightly news begins now. captions paid for by captions paid for by nbc-universal television good evening. it was the largest job discrimination case in american history until the u.s. supreme court shot it down just today. it was a huge class-action lawsuit by more than a million american women against one company, walmart, the largest private employer in this country. this ruling now makes it tougher for the women involve to seek justice, and it makes it tougher for other similar cases to succeed in the futurer. you have heard the expression, too big to fail. this case was indeed too big to succeed. it s where we begin with our justice correspondent pete williams at the court tonight. pete, good evening. reporter: brian in throwing this case out before it could even go to trial t court said women suing walmart had too many things that are