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Supreme Court Declines to Take up Landowner Appeal in Corner-Crossing Case
The Supreme Court’s refusal leaves corner-crossing legal under the 10th Circuit ruling, affecting millions of acres of checkerboard land in Western states, including Wyoming and Montana.
- On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider an appeal in a corner-crossing dispute, leaving the practice legal across 2.44 million acres in Wyoming and other 10th Circuit states.
- Fred Eshelman sued after four hunters from Missouri used a ladder to corner-cross Elk Mountain Ranch, risking up to $9 million in value for Iron Bar Holdings.
- A 10th Circuit Court of Appeals three-judge panel found the lower court was correct that hunters may corner-cross if they do not physically touch private land, citing the Unlawful Inclosures Act .
- In Montana and other Western states, corner-crossing remains a legal gray area as the 10th Circuit ruling serves only persuasive authority, with a Carbon County jury previously acquitting hunters.
- Eshelman's attorneys wrote that the issue spans roughly 300 million acres of checkerboard land, and the U.S. Supreme Court’s refusal leaves nationwide clarity unresolved across all 50 states.
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Corner crossing remains legal across much of the West after Supreme Court rejects appeal
The U.S. Supreme Court today declined to hear Carbon County ranch owner Fred Eshelman’s appeal of a lower-court ruling that corner crossing to reach public land is legal. The decision affects access to 2.44 million acres of public land in Wyoming and more in five other states. The Supreme Court put Eshelman’s failed lawsuit, “Iron Bar Holdings, LLC v. Cape, Bradly H., Et al.,” on its list of rejected appeals, which the court published Monday mor…
Montana Free Press
Supreme Court declines to take up landowner appeal in corner-crossing case
The U.S. Supreme Court has declined to consider an appeal of a corner-crossing case that’s been closely watched by public land hunters and landowner groups throughout the West. The court’s decision, codified in an “order list” released on Monday, means corner-crossing remains legal in the 10th Circuit states of Wyoming, Colorado, Utah, Oklahoma, Kansas and New Mexico. Elsewhere in the West, including Montana, which has more than 900,000 acres of…
Stockgrowers Share Disappointment in SCOTUS’ Decision to Deny Request to Hear Corner Crossing Case
The Montana Stockgrowers Association (MSGA) expressed disappointment Monday morning with the Supreme Court of the United States’ decision to not hear a crucial corner crossing case. In August, MSGA filed…
BHA Celebrates SCOTUS Corner Crossing Decision
Backcountry Hunters & Anglers reacts to a US Supreme Court decision to leave in place a lower court's ruling upholding the legality of "corner crossing," which BHA termed "a resounding victory for all who value their right to access public lands." The post BHA Celebrates SCOTUS Corner Crossing Decision appeared first on .
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