Reservations
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 349 U.S. 435 - Federal Power Commission v. Oregon · 1955Most cited · 180 citing opinions
Reservations' are not so subject [to private appropriation and disposal under public land laws]; they are national forests, tribal lands embraced within Indian reservations, military reservations, and other lands and interests in lands owned by the United States, and withdrawn, reserved, or withheld from private appropriation and disposal under the public land laws; also lands and interests in lands acquired and held for any public purposes.
How often courts cite the case defining “Reservations”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “Reservations” — 180 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.