16 U.S.C. § 471
Section 471 · Repealed. Pub. L. 94579, title VII, 704(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2792
Applied in 61 court decisions — leading case Precision Pine & Timber, Inc. v. United States (2010)
Most recently applied in 894 F. Supp. 2d 642 - Minard Run Oil Co. v. United States Forest Service (September 2012)
How often courts cite this section
Court decisions citing this, by year.Markers show enactment, consequential amendments, and circuit splits over this section — watch for a citation surge after a change or a disagreement. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
Section, acts Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, 24, 26 Stat. 1103; Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1271; June 25, 1910, ch. 421, 2, 36 Stat. 847; Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 369, 37 Stat. 497; June 7, 1924, ch. 348, 9 (first and fifth sentences), 43 Stat. 655, provided for establishment of national forests by the President, limited inclusion of lands in certain States, and authorized addition of lands suitable for production of timber. Act Mar. 4, 1907, cited above, was not repealed by Pub. L. 94–579.