Mitchell v. U.S. court records
Scope and Contents
This collection is composed of plaintiff court records including court exhibits, depositions, audio recordings, maps, and photographs.
Dates
- Creation: 1960-1990
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
This collection has no restrictions and is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Permission to publish, exhibit, broadcast, or quote from materials in the Watzek Library Archives & Special Collections requires written permission of the Head of Archives & Special Collections.
Historical Note
In 1971 individuals owning interests in allotted lands on the Quinault Indian Reservation, an unincorporated association of such allottees, and the Quinault Tribe -- filed actions in the Court of Claims seeking to recover damages from the United States for alleged mismanagement of timberlands in the reservation, asserting that such mismanagement constituted a breach of the fiduciary duty owed respondents by the United States as trustee under various federal statutes and regulations. The U.S. Supreme Court ultimately held the United States subject to suit for money damages on most of respondents' claims, ruling that the federal timber management statutes, various other federal statutes governing roadbuilding, rights-of-way, Indian funds, and Government fees, and the regulations promulgated under these statutes imposed fiduciary duties upon the United States in its management of forested allotted lands. This collections is composed of the plaintiff legal records assembled for the case.
Extent
63 boxes
Abstract
This collection includes the legal papers assembled by the plaintiff for the U.S. Supreme Court Case, Helen Mitchell v. U.S., in which the allotted land owners (Chehalis, Chinook, Cowlitz, Shoalwater, Hoh, Queets, Quileute, and Quinault) sued the federal government for mismanagement of resesrvation timberlands.
Arrangement
Arranged in a single series by material type. The bulk of the collection is composed of numbered court exhibits, which are arranged chronologically.
Physical Location
Special Collections
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Given to Lewis & Clark College by plaintiff, Helen Mitchell Sanders in 1991.
Processing Information
Processed in 1991.
- Title
- Guide to the Mitchell v. U.S. court records 1960-1990
- Author
- Doug Erickson
- Date
- © 2008
- Description rules
- Finding Aid Based On Dacs ( Describing Archives: A Content Standard)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
Repository Details
Part of the Lewis & Clark College, Special Collections and Archives Repository