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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. 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 ...
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 ...
The screenplay by Michael Seitzman was inspired by the 2002 book Class Action: The Story of Lois Jenson and the Landmark Case That Changed Sexual Harassment Law by Clara Bingham and Laura Leedy Gansler, which chronicled the case of Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Company and USW Local 2705 which supported the employers efforts through the horrific ...
Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. L. List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 484; List of United States Supreme Court cases, volume 485;
Its effects extend to all employees of state, county, municipal and special districts in 26 states. Teachers in 13 of those states, including specific districts in Kentucky and Georgia, also feel ...
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 ...
2. The Supreme Court has unequivocally declared that the Second Amendment “guarantee[s] the individual right to possess and carry” arms. District of Columbia v. Heller, 128 S. Ct. 2783, 2797 (2008). In particular, Heller struck down a ban on the possession of handguns, Case 1:10-cv-04184 Document 1 Filed 07/06/10 Page 1 of 20