Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Co. | |
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Court | United States Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit |
Full case name | Lois E. Jenson v. Eveleth Taconite Company, et al. |
Submitted | October 21, 1997 |
Decided | December 5, 1997 |
Citations | 130 F.3d 1287; 75 Fair Empl. Prac. Cas. (BNA) 852,72 Empl. Prac. Dec. (CCH) ΒΆ 45,174; 48 Fed. R. Evid. Ser v. 454 |
Case history | |
Prior history | 139 F.R.D. 657 (D. Minn. 1991); 824 F. Supp. 847 (D. Minn. 1993) |
Subsequent history | Rehearing en banc denied, February 18, 1998 |
Court membership | |
Judges sitting | Theodore McMillian, Floyd Robert Gibson, Donald P. Lay |
Case opinions | |
Majority | Lay, joined by a unanimous panel |
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.