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Snail Darter Documents

This page contains documents from the Darter and the Dam collection, telling the story of the controversy over the construction of the Tellico Dam on the Little Tennessee River. These materials document the administrative, judicial, and legislative processes that led to the construction of the dam, despite concerns about its impact on the local environment, the endangered snail darter, and significant Cherokee religious and historic site in the area.

Administrative Agency Documents Administrative Agency Documents

Proceedings of the Endangered Species Committee, United States Department of the Interior, United States. Dept. of the Interior

The Tennesseee Valley Authority's Tellico Dam Project: Costs, Alternatives, and Benefits, United States. General Accounting Office

Archival Materials Archival Materials

Annotated Timeline of TVA v. Hill and Related Events, Zygmunt J.B. Plater

Setting It Straight: a Thirtieth Anniversary Gathering ... in Memory of the Little Tennessee River and Its Valley, Zygmunt J.B. Plater

The U.S. House of Representatives Approves Amendment Requiring the Completion of the Tellico River Dam, June 18,1979, C-SPAN

Judicial Decisions Judicial Decisions

Denial of Claim for Legal Fees, TVA v. Hill, Robert L. Taylor

Dissolution of Injunction in Environmental Defense Fund and Thomas Burel Moser v. Tennessee Valley Authority, Civ. A. No. 7720., Robert L. Taylor

Hill v. TVA United States District Court Order of Denial for Preliminary Injunction, Robert L. Taylor

Federal Appellate Court Decision in Environmental Defense Fund et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Tennessee Valley Authority et al., Defendants-Appellants, No. 72-1138, Wade H. McCree

Federal Appellate Court Decision in Environmental Defense Fund et al., Plaintiffs Appellees, v. Tennessee Valley Authority et al., Defendants-Appellants, No. 74-1139, Paul Charles Weick, Wade H. McCree, and William Ernest Miller

Federal Appellate Court Decision in Hiram G. Hill, Jr., Zygmunt J. B. Plater, Donald S. Cohen, The Audubon Council of Tennessee, Inc., and The Association of Southeastern Biologists, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Tennessee Valley Authority, Defendants-Appellees, No. 76-2116, Anthony J. Celebrezze

Federal Appellate Court Decision in Sequoyah v. TVA, No. 79-1633, Pierce Lively and Gilbert S. Merritt Jr.

Federal District Court Decision in Hiram G. Hill, Jr. et al. v. Tennessee Valley Authority, Civ. No. 3-76-48., Robert L. Taylor

Federal District Court Decision in Sequoyah v. Tennessee Valley Authority, Civ. No. 3-79-418, Robert L. Taylor

Granting of Temporary Injunction in Environmental Defense Fund et al., v. Tennessee Valley Authority, Aubrey J. Wagner, Chairman, Tennessee Valley Authority, Civ. A. No. 7720, Robert L. Taylor

Transcript of TVA v. Hill Opinion Announcement, Supreme Court of the United States

U.S. Supreme Court Decision in Tennessee Valley Authority v. Hill et Al., No. 76-1701, Warren E. Burger, Lewis F. Powell Jr., and William H. Rehnquist