43 U.S.C. § 201
Section 201 · 201 to 208. Repealed. Pub. L. 94579, title VII, 702, Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2787
Applied in 5 court decisions — leading case Watt v. Western Nuclear, Inc. (1983)
Most recently applied in McCormick v. Union Pacific Resources Co. (December 2000)
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 201, R.S. 2302, prohibited entry and settlement of mineral lands under this chapter. Section 202, acts May 14, 1880, ch. 89, 1, 21 Stat. 140; Mar. 3, 1891, ch. 561, 4, 26 Stat. 1097; Mar. 3, 1893, ch. 208, 27 Stat. 593; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100, related to relinquished entries. Section 203, acts June 13, 1902, ch. 1080, 13, 32 Stat. 384; Mar. 4, 1907, ch. 2907, 34 Stat. 1269, related to applicability of homestead laws to Ute Indian Reservation in Colorado. Section 204, act Mar. 3, 1879, ch. 191, 20 Stat. 472, related to entries on even sections within railroad and other grants. Section 205, act July 1, 1879, ch. 60, 21 Stat. 46, related to entries on odd sections within railroad and other grants in Missouri and Arkansas. Section 206, act May 6, 1886, ch. 88, 24 Stat. 22, related to patents for additional entries within railway limits. Section 207, act Aug. 21, 1916, ch. 361, 39 Stat. 518, authorized disposition of all agricultural lands within military reservations in Nevada under homestead and desert-land laws. Section 208, act June 3, 1924, ch. 240, 43 Stat. 357, authorized acquisition of all unreserved public lands within the Columbia or Moses Reserve in Washington to be acquired under laws applicable to public domain.