18 U.S.C. § 1863
Trespass on national forest lands
Whoever, without lawful authority or permission, goes upon any national-forest land while it is closed to the public pursuant to lawful regulation of the Secretary of Agriculture, shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than six months, or both.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 16
cases (5 in the last 5 years), 1971–2025 · leading case: United States of America, and v. Doloras Contreras, and Cross-Appellee
United States of America, and v. Doloras Contreras, and Cross-Appellee (1997)
“While the Jury Selection and Service Act provides the district court with a reasonable degree of flexibility in designing a plan to accommodate local conditions, the regulation prescribes a general procedural scheme to be followed. Id.; Bearden, 659 F.”
United States v. Arnold Gemmill (1976)
“3 The 1973 trespass appellants received the same sentence under 18 U.S.C. § 1863 , 4 except for Arnold Gemmill who was sentenced to an indeterminate term under the Federal Youth Corrections Act.”
United States v. Oscar E. Hyde (1971)
“18 U.S.C. § 1863 (b) (2). The defendants argue that the voter lists are not a sufficient source for the jury list here because, although 88 per cent of the 850,071 white adults are registered to vote, only 54.”
United States v. Rainbow Family (1988)
“§ 1853 makes it a substantive misdemeanor unlawfully to cut or injure trees within the jurisdiction of the Forest Service, and 18 U.S.C. § 1863 imposes criminal sanctions on those who trespass upon National Forest Service lands that lawfully have been closed or restricted…”
United States v. Anderson (1983)
“It was hoped that the involvement of the reviewing panels in the approval of jury selection plans [would], by subjecting the plan to the deliberation of a second body, increase the likelihood that the plan will comply with the statutory provisions, and thereby reduce the…”
United States v. Gruberg (1979)
“” See amendment to 18 U.S.C. § 1863 , note 6 supra. 8 . Defendant has further alleged that the excuse nature of the provision destroys the random nature of the selection process, citing Kennedy, supra.”
Double J. Land & Cattle Co. v. United States Department of the Interior (1996)
“, 18 U.S.C. § 1863 (making trespass on certain public lands a crime); 43 U.”
DirecTV, Inc. v. Baker (2004)
“Applying this reasoning, § 1864(e) would create a private right of action to enforce the criminal statutes that make it a crime to trespass on federal *1120 land, 18 U.S.C.A. § 1863 , interrupt surveying of public lands, 18 U.”
United States v. Luong (2003)
“As discussed above, the jury selection method used in this district is that which is prescribed by the JSSA and permissible under 18 U.S.C. § 1863 (b)(2). Accordingly, Luong has failed to establish a prima facie equal protection violation.”
United States v. Best (2002)
“3d at 841 (citing 18 U.S.C. § 1863 (b)(2)). As the legislative committee reports state: *901 If the voter lists are used and supplemented where necessary, and if the procedures outlined in the bill are otherwise rigorously followed, it is no departure from the standards of the…”
United States v. Coronell-Leon (1997)
“” 18 U.S.C.§ 1863(b)(3); see United States v.”
Williams v. Paramount Investments LLC (2022)
“103 , 18 U.S.C. §§ 1863 , 1864, 1961, 1962 (a),(b) and 1963, the Fourth and Fifth Amendments to the United States Constitution, and Article I, Section 1 of the Virginia Constitution.”
— 18 U.S.C. § 1863(b)(3) — 1 case
United States v. Coronell-Leon (1997)
“” 18 U.S.C.§ 1863(b)(3); see United States v.”
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