Finding Aid to the Marc Van der Hout Papers
Lara Michels
The Bancroft Library
2014
The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
bancref@library.berkeley.edu
Contributing Institution:
The Bancroft Library
Title: Marc Van der Hout papers
Creator:
Van der Hout, Marc
Creator:
National Lawyers Guild
Creator:
National Lawyers Guild. Central America Task Force
Creator:
National Immigration Project (U.S.)
Identifier/Call Number: BANC MSS 2005/101 c
Physical Description:
11.25 linear feet [we need a lowercase option in additon to the existing title case term]
9 cartons
Date (inclusive): approximately 1980-1987
Abstract: Papers of Marc Van der Hout, noted Bay Area immigration attorney.
Physical Location: For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Language of Material: Collection materials are mostly in English.
Collection is open for research.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
The Marc van der Hout papers were gifted to the Bancroft Library by Mr. Marc Van der Hout on January 25, 2005.
[Identification of item], Marc Van der Hout papers, BANC MSS 2005/101 c, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley.
Processed by Lara Michels in December, 2014.
Marc Van der Hout is the founding member of Van Der Hout, Brigagliano and Nightingale, LLP and is a California State Bar Certified
Specialist in Immigration and Nationality Law. Van der Hout graduated from the University of Michigan in 1970 and from Golden
Gate University School of Law in 1977. He was national president of the National Lawyers Guild in 1985-86. He is also an active
member of the Board of Governors of the American Immigration Lawyers' Association (AILA), serves on AILA's national Litigation
Committee, and is a past chair of the National Immigration Project of the National Lawyers Guild. Van der Hout has served
on the National Lawyers Guild governing board for the past 20 years. He is the recipient of the American Immigration Lawyers
Association premier award for outstanding litigation in the field of immigration law.
Collection materials date to the mid-1980s and include: files relating to deportation cases; adminstrative files from Van
der Hout's tenure as national president of the National Lawyers Guild; files from the mid-1980s relating to the work of the
National Lawyers Guild work on Central American issues; case files relating to National Lawyers Guild v. Attorney General
of the United States; and case files relating to Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union, Local 25, AFL-CIO v. William French
Smith, et al.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Emigration and immigration law
Refugees -- Central America
Carton 1, Carton 2, Carton 3, Folder 1-16
Carton 3, Folder 17-21
Carton 3, Folder 22-30, Carton 4, Folder 1-32
National Lawyers Guild administrative files Series 3: approximately 1985-1987
Carton 4, Folder 33, Carton 5, Folder 1-5
National Lawyers Guild v. Attorney General of the United States files Series 4: 1984
Carton 5, Folder 6-17, Carton 6, Carton 7, Carton 8, Folder 1-12
National Lawyers Guild Central America files Series 5: approximately 1984-1987
National Lawyers Guild Central America Task Force files; National Immigration Project files; Solidarity Group files; files
relating to Dellus v. Smith, a federal lawsuit brought on behalf of Congressman Ron Dellums (Democrat, California) and two
others in 1983 contending that the government's military operations in support of the Contras in Nicaragua violated the Neutrality
Act of 1982; files relating to Sanchez v. Reagan, which challenged United States officials' support for murder, rape, and
other torture in Nicaragua; files relating to Crocket v. Reagan, which challenged United States military involvement in El
Salvador and was the first suit under the War Powers Resolution; files relating to the Central American Refugee Defense Fund;
and files from American Baptist Churches v. Thornburgh.
Carton 8, Folder 13-17, Carton 9, Folder 1-9
Hotel and Restaurant Employees Union, Local 25, AFL-CIO v. William French Smith, et al. Series 6: 1983