Corner-Crossing War Is Over: Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Landowner’s Appeal Being able to corner-cross private property to access landlocked public lands is now the rule across the American West, after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear a Wyoming landowner’s challenge of the practice. The ability to ladder-vault a corner of private property to access landlocked public lands is now the rule across the American West, after the U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday to hear a Carbon County landowner’s challenge of the practice.
The case of four hunters who crossed Fred Eshelman’s land — technically held by Iron Bar Holdings LLC — in Carbon County to access a landlocked public parcel started four years ago when the hunters were cited for trespassing. They won their criminal case at a trial. https://cowboystatedaily.com/2025/10/20/corner-crossing-war-is-over-supreme-court-refuses-to-hear-landowners-appeal/