43 U.S.C. § 270
Section 270 · Repealed. Pub. L. 94579, title VII, 703(a), Oct. 21, 1976, 90 Stat. 2789
Applied in 7 court decisions — leading case United States v. Atlantic Richfield Co. (1977)
Most recently applied in Luker v. Sykes (October 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, acts May 14, 1898, ch. 299, 1, 30 Stat. 409; Mar. 3, 1903, ch. 1002, 32 Stat. 1028; Aug. 24, 1912, ch. 387, 1, 37 Stat. 512; Oct. 28, 1921, ch. 114, 1, 42 Stat. 208; Mar. 3, 1925, ch. 462, 43 Stat. 1144; 1946 Reorg. Plan No. 3, 403, eff. July 16, 1946, 11 F.R. 7876, 60 Stat. 1100; Apr. 29, 1950, ch. 137, 1, 64 Stat. 94; Aug. 3, 1955, ch. 496, 1, 69 Stat. 444, set forth provisions relating to applicability of homestead laws to Alaska. Section was formerly classified to section 371 of Title 48, Territories and Insular Possessions.