50 U.S.C. § 171
Section 171 · 171, 1711. Repealed. Aug. 10, 1956, ch. 1041, 53, 70A Stat. 641
Applied in 66 court decisions — leading case Catlin v. United States (1945)
Most recently applied in Tenn. Gas Pipeline Co. v. Permanent Easement for 7.053 Acres (July 2019)
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 171, acts Aug. 18, 1890, ch. 797, 1, 26 Stat. 316; July 2, 1917, ch. 35, 40 Stat. 241; Apr. 11, 1918, ch. 51, 40 Stat. 518, authorized Secretary of War to institute condemnation proceedings for acquisition of land, to purchase land, and to accept donations of land. See section 2663 of Title 10, Armed Forces. Section 171–1, act Oct. 25, 1951, ch. 563, 101, 65 Stat. 641, granted certain condemnation authority to Secretary of Navy. See sections 2663 and 2668 of Title 10.