 They said, it doesn’t matter.So we changed that law to allow somebody like Lilly, when they find out, to finally be able to go ahead and file suit.”

By 2011, over 350 cases had already cited the Ledbetter decision since it was handed down in 2009.Ruth Bader Ginsburg has a framed copy of the bill, Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act, in her chambers.