Lawsuit Filed to Cement Legality of Corner Crossing in Montana

[Forkyfinder]

I look forward to a court ruling. Her intrepretation (red, above) seems like a half truth of what she is referring to from the opinion of the court below.

 

[SAJ-99]

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I look forward to a court ruling. Her intrepretation (red, above) seems like a half truth of what she is referring to from the opinion of the court below. View attachment 409728

I wonder if she even wants to defend it.

 

[Forkyfinder]

I wonder if she even wants to defend it.

She had to have known that pushing would result in this.

Surely she finds something written there quite compelling or the obvious move would have been to remain quiet on the topic.

 

[rogerthat]

She had to have known that pushing would result in this.

Surely she finds something written there quite compelling or the obvious move would have been to remain quiet on the topic.

I think they thought they were just going to gaslight us. If you say it enough times, people believe you. It’s not like this hasn’t been a proven winning formula.

 

[Irrelevant]

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I look forward to a court ruling. Her intrepretation (red, above) seems like a half truth of what she is referring to from the opinion of the court below. View attachment 409728

That very last line is interesting when framed in the context of the issue. It reads like the court simply didn't or couldn't fathom someone only fencing their individual sections as a middle finger to the public. But the court clearly never met an entitled NR pharma bro. Let alone anyone from Texas.

 

[mtmuley]

I’m not sure I agree or disagree because of the variability in Montana’s terrain, but we have to acknowledge that most of public gets grazed all spring and summer. Montana has more cattle than people and elk combined.

Which public gets grazed all spring and summer? You said most public. Statewide? mtmuley

 

[Rack Daniels]

Effing property rights. Do I get to prevent him from crossing my corner to access his corner-touching lot? Unjust, unfair, unequal, unlawful.

“Your corner” you are referring to is “his corner” too. So no. That’s the BS exclusivity that they are sold on when they buy the ranch, and that’s the exclusivity they exclaim they reserve when they own that much land.

 

[HappyCamper]

I checked in on this case today and see it got moved to federal court a few weeks ago. To our legal people, does this add any significance?

 

[Eric Albus]

One thing corner crossing will do for certain is de-value properties a great deal. Which is good for those wanting to expand, bad for those who’ve paid inflated prices.
I still want a SCOTUS ruling on the legality.

 

[SAJ-99]

I still want a SCOTUS ruling on the legality.

They did by not taking up the case from the 10th. Until there is a conflicting case, there is nothing to rule on. Maybe next session someone in MT will propose a bill that conflicts with the 10th ruling. You will know before any of us.

 

[BuzzH]

One thing corner crossing will do for certain is de-value properties a great deal. Which is good for those wanting to expand, bad for those who’ve paid inflated prices.
I still want a SCOTUS ruling on the legality.

That's pure horseshit and I can't believe you would type that...I haven't seen the price drop on a single piece of property in Wyoming after we slam dunked corner crossing.

I heard the same old lies in Montana when stream access passed..."our property values".

Yeah, point me to a single piece of stream/river front property in Montana that's gone down in value because I can wade the river and fish.

If you want to have any credibility, quit lying all the time.

On the other hand, I wish your fantasy/pretend was true...cheaper for AP to acquire more property.

 

[Wildabeest]

One thing corner crossing will do for certain is de-value properties a great deal. Which is good for those wanting to expand, bad for those who’ve paid inflated prices.
I still want a SCOTUS ruling on the legality.

If corner crossing was never illegal, then any additional value those properties had was improperly high and based on an incorrect and risky assumption. Caveat emptor! Hard to feel sorry for them. In addition, they got tangible improper value for the years they had exclusive access or financial gains from leasing to outfitters while intimidating the public.

 

[Big Sky Guy]

One thing corner crossing will do for certain is de-value properties a great deal. Which is good for those wanting to expand, bad for those who’ve paid inflated prices.
I still want a SCOTUS ruling on the legality.

Can you provide a single example in Wyoming where a parcel was purchased before the 9th circuit ruling at X price and then sold for less than X price after the ruling?

I agree with @BuzzH that this is one heck of a presumption and was just typing out what @Wildabeest wrote about the catch 22 on this which is also ironic seeing Montana FWP had warden guidance to not write tickets which pointed to corner crossing being closer to legal than illegal for the past couple decades so someone paying more would have had to assume wardens/FWP were wrong when they made the purchase.

That being said, there is still a value in having *EASIER* access to those public lands. In the few corners I've crossed the corners have generally been in a terrible place (elevation loss followed by gain, in a draw etc.) that I would 10/10 times have not traversed and only did so to stay on public land. Those private parcels have all had two-tracks that lead right into the parcel I had to corner cross to access.

I'm hearing similar scare-tactic arguments that Block Management enrollment is going to plummet if corner crossing gets legalized in MT. I just don't see that happening. Will some landowners pull out? Probably, they do every year for a variety of reasons but there will also be others enrolling - the monetary incentive is still there.