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Seattle Municipal Archives Finding Aids

Seattle (Wash.). Law Dept.

 Organization

Found in 17 Collections and/or Records:

Law Department Annual Reports

 Series
Identifier: 4400-01
Scope and Contents note

Annual reports detailing departmental activities including a recapitulation of cases, claims, condemnations, and legal opinions.

Dates: 1957-1978

Baseball Litigation Records

 Series
Identifier: 4402-02
Abstract

Records relating to the Seattle Pilots' short residence in the city, including maintenance files for Sick's Stadium and documents relating to various lawsuits after the team left Seattle.

Dates: 1932-1977; 1964-1977

Cedar River Watershed Condemnation Records

 Series
Identifier: 4403-01
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, judgement on verdicts, petitions, appraisals, court orders, motions, and draft legislation relating to the condemnation of land in the Cedar River Watershed for pipeline right-of-ways and creation of a reservoir.

Dates: 1892-1930

Condemnation Files

 Series
Identifier: 4403-04
Scope and Contents note Court documents, correspondence, condemnation maps, title reports, deeds, property appraisals, and photographs relating to the condemnation of property for use in constructing and improving streets, boulevards, regrading projects, sewers, water supply systems, electric generation and transmission facilities, garbage disposal sites, parks, playfields, and municipal buildings. Also includes files for condemnations of City property and easements by the State of Washington, King County and other...
Dates: 1897-1982; 1901-1981

Law Department Correspondence (Series II)

 Series
Identifier: 4401-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence to and from the City Attorney. Includes requests from City agencies for legal opinions and advice.



Dates: 1939-1977

Independent External Audits

 Series
Identifier: 1802-A5
Scope and Contents note

Independent audits of City agencies and programs conducted by external accounting firms. Records are primarily financial audits of public utilities.

Dates: 1918-1995

Law Department Annual Reports

 Series
Identifier: 1802-H1
Abstract

Annual reports for the Law Department and City Attorney's Office.

Dates: 1894-2023

Legal Opinions Regarding Public Utilities

 Series — Box 1
Identifier: 4401-04
Scope and Contents note

Opinions issued by the City Attorney at the request of various City officials regarding public utility issues. Included are Seattle's water system, refuse disposal, electricity, and the street railway and transit systems.

Dates: 1907-1972

Liquid Asphalt Anti-Trust Case Records

 Series
Identifier: 4402-03
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, court documents, and exhibits relating to the liquid asphalt anti-trust suit against the Chevron Asphalt Company. The City was a party to the suit that was filed by the State of Washington.

Dates: 1958-1975

Pike Place Market Litigation Records

 Series
Identifier: 4402-05
Abstract

Records from litigation over legal title to eleven historic buildings in Pike Place Market.

Dates: 1970-1991; Majority of material found within 1990-1991

Same Sex Marriage Records

 Series
Identifier: 4405-01
Abstract

Records relating to Law Department work on issues around same sex marriage.

Dates: 1999-2004; Majority of material found in 2004

Sand Point Naval Air Station Property Title History

 Series
Identifier: 4403-03
Scope and Contents note

Maps, abstracts of City of Seattle and King County resolutions, copies of deeds, ordinances, and notes regarding the title to the Sand Point Naval Station property. Includes "Report to the King County Council on County Interests in the Sand Point Properties" prepared by the King County Prosecutor.

Dates: 1920-1974

Skagit Condemnations

 Series
Identifier: 4403-02
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, ordinance copies, and court documents relating to the condemnation of property in the Skagit River area for use in power and water supply development.

Dates: 1920-1950

Sidewalk Ordinance Records

 Series
Identifier: 4402-04
Abstract

Records relating to the development of an ordinance outlawing sitting or lying on downtown sidewalks, as well as the litigation that followed.

Dates: 1991-1997

Mark Sidran Subject Files

 Series — Box 34
Identifier: 4400-02
Abstract

Records from Mark Sidran's tenure as Seattle's city attorney.

Dates: 1990-2002

Law Department Subject Files

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: 4401-03
Scope and Contents note

Correspondence, memoranda, and reports relating to city legal actions and law enforcement projects. Major topics include family violence, Ross Dam, and Washington Public Power Supply System.

Dates: 1975-1985

Supreme Court Briefs

 Series
Identifier: 4404-01
Scope and Contents note

Legal briefs filed with the Washington State Supreme Court relating to cases involving the City of Seattle. The briefs are printed and bound in volumes.

Dates: 1892-1966

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Seattle (Wash.) 14
Seattle 11
Litigation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 3
Begging -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
Civil Procedure and Courts 2
Homelessness -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 2
Legal Opinions 2
Skagit Project 2
Administrative Procedures 1
Air Pollution 1
Alcohol -- Law and legislation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Alki Treatment Plant (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Annual reports 1
Anti-Trust Litigation 1
Auditing -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Baseball -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Beautification 1
Boundary Project 1
Bumbershoot (Festival) 1
Cable cars (Streetcars) -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Cedar River (King County, Wash.) 1
Cedar River Watershed (King County, Wash.) 1
Century 21 Exposition (1962 : Seattle, Wash.) 1
Child Abuse 1
City Charter 1
Civic Auditorium 1
Civic Centers 1
Civil Defense 1
Civil Rights 1
Civil Service 1
Crime -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Criminal justice, administration of -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Criminal law -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Cumulative Reserve Fund 1
Denny Regrade 1
Diablo Dam (Wash.) 1
Domestic Violence 1
Drivers' licenses -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Electric power transmission -- Washington (State) 1
Fair Campaign Practices 1
Family violence -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Fire Codes 1
Fire Stations 1
Floating Homes 1
Fort Lawton 1
Garbage 1
Gay rights -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Gorge Dam 1
Health Care 1
Historic preservation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Initiatives in local government -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
International District 1
Jewish Americans 1
Kingdome (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Labor Relations 1
Land use -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Legal Briefs 1
Licenses 1
Liquid Asphalt 1
Local Improvement Districts 1
Mass Transit 1
Mayor's Reorganization Project 1
Minimum wage 1
Monorail System 1
Municipal water supply -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Noise control -- Law and legislation -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Nuisances -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Official Streets Plan (1952-1958) 1
Oil Spill Disaster Planning 1
Open Space Land 1
Parks -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Pay equity -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Pedestrian areas -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Pike Place Market (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Pike Plaza Redevelopment Project 1
Public Transit 1
Public Utilities 1
Public defenders -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Public works 1
Rationing -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Risk management 1
Ross Dam 1
Sand Point Naval Air Station 1
Seattle Transit System Property 1
Sewers -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Sexual harassment 1
Shorelands 1
Sick's Stadium (Seattle, Wash.) 1
Skagit County (Wash.) 1
Skagit River (B.C. and Wash.) 1
Solid Waste 1
Sports and Recreation 1
Stadiums -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Taylor (Wash.) 1
Telephone Systems 1
Traffic accidents -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Urban Renewal Program 1
Veterans hospitals -- Washington (State) -- Seattle 1
Victory Tax 1
Vocational Education 1