43 U.S.C. § 161
Section 161 · 161 to 164. Repealed. Pub. L. 94579, title VII, 702, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2787
Applied in 43 court decisions — leading case Watt v. Western Nuclear, Inc. (1983)
Most recently applied in 594 F. App'x 929 - Paul Carrick v. Santa Cruz County assessor/rec (March 2015)
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 161, R.S. 2289; Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, 5, 26 Stat. 1097, related to entry of unappropriated public lands. Section 162, R.S. 2290; Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, 5, 26 Stat. 1097; Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, 1, 42 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1145; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, related to application for entry on public lands, and contents for affidavit for application. Section 163, R.S. 2295; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, related to record of application, registration, and return to Bureau of Land Management. Section 164, R.S. 2291; June 6, 1912, ch. 153, 37 Stat. 123, related to issuance, etc., of certificate or patent for entered lands.