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Sep 27, 2006 property-law reversion free-patent regalian-doctrine land-titles public-domain

Upholding Land Titles When Government Reversion Claims Fail

When can the government cancel a free patent and revert land to the public domain? The Supreme Court explains the limits of reversion actions.