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Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co., 130 F.3d 1287 (8th Cir. 1997), [1] was the first class-action sexual harassment lawsuit in the United States.It was filed in 1988 on behalf of Lois Jenson and other female workers at the Eveleth Taconite mine in Eveleth, Minnesota on the state's northern Mesabi Range, which is part of the Iron Range.
Eveleth Taconite Co. in U.S. District Court [2] The case, known as Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co., became the first sexual harassment discrimination class action lawsuit in the U.S. [citation needed] A fictionalized account of the landmark case was made into a 2005 film, North Country, with Woody Harrelson portraying the lead attorney "Bill ...
Lois Jenson, on whom the character of Josey is based, actually began working at the EVTAC (from "Eveleth Taconite") mine in Eveleth, Minnesota in 1975 and initiated her lawsuit in 1984, four years before the year in which the film begins. [3] [4] The film condensed the timeline, but in reality it took fourteen years for the case to be settled ...
In 2004, the court used the toughest standard of review when determining that a federal law to protect children from online pornography was too onerous on adults’ right to view the material.
On the morning of Dec. 26, 1996, John and Patsy Ramsey woke up to find their 6-year-old daughter, JonBenét Ramsey, missing from her bedroom. Shortly after, they found a handwritten ransom note ...
Eveleth Taconite Co. became the first sexual harassment case to be given class action status paving the way for others. Seven years later, in 1998, through that same case, new precedents were established that increased the limits on the " discovery " process in sexual harassment cases, that then allowed psychological injuries from the ...
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Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. sexual harassment, abusive language, threats, stalking and intimidation: Jewel v. NSA: surveillance: 2010 Lane v. Facebook, Inc. internet privacy and social media: United States District Court for the Northern District of California: 2010 Luévano v. Campbell: racial bias in written test for employment: Madrigal v ...