Can this ultimately affect drones that fly over another person's property simply based on principle?

[LoudThunder]

Four hunters passing from one piece of public land into another area of public land stepped over private land, did not touch it, merely passed over it and the owner (Fred Eshelman, a pharmaceutical executive) sued the hunters for trespassing since they entered his "airspace"

Federal appeals court sides with corner-crossing hunters in Wyoming dispute

The landowner lost, but now the case of Corner Crossing is scheduled to go to the Supreme Court. In the meantime, Eshelman filed a civil lawsuit against the hunters, claiming trespass by passing through the "airspace" above his property and seeking over $7 million in damages.

 

[tstr14]

That guy needs a "trip to the train station".

 

[mavic3usa]

My favorite online lawyer has been covering this for years and it's so complicated that I can't even begin to understand the various twists and turns. Let's just hope if there is some sort of SCOTUS ruling, it is narrow enough that it does not impact aircraft (drones) and the NAS.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=steve+lehto+corner+crossing

 

[AMann]

More details here- interesting how the land owner tried to keep public lands to himself. There’s also interesting information about the unlawful enclosures act that prevents a land owner from fencing off public lands.

https://lawreview.uchicago.edu/sites/default/files/2023-11/Snowden_New%20Life%20for%20the%20Unlawful%20Inclosures%20Act_Immunizing%20Corner-Crossers%20from%20State%20Trespass%20Actions.pdf

 

[DoomMeister]

Just the fact that the “entitled” property owner is a pharmaceutical company executive pretty much says it all. “His” airspace should be trespassed by a cruise missile or predator drone.

 

[AMann]

There are two BLM parcels in my area that are landlocked and both of them have “private” roads leading to them that are now gated by the adjacent landowners. One I used to like to fly on and the other has an active mining claim that the prospecting club I belong to owns. I’m going to have to do some research on how the unlawful enclosures act may help with this, and who actually owns the roads, especially if BLM has a stake in it as well.

 

[AMann]

Just the fact that the “entitled” property owner is a pharmaceutical company executive pretty much says it all. “His” airspace should be trespassed by a cruise missile or predator drone.

Naw, we should have a Flight Fest just like this there, it will be awesome!

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[Chip]

Naw, we should have a Flight Fest just like this there, it will be awesome!

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Wow this is dangerous but awesome. How do you insure an event like this? Just imagine if all the FRIAs look like this in a few years!

 

[Cafguy]

sued the hunters for trespassing since they entered his "airspace"

There is no such animal as private airspace!

 

[LoudThunder]

That guy needs a "trip to the train station".

And as it happens, I have a big Dodge Ram, 4x4, to take him to the "Station" and in that same vain, I wonder if he has "Cattle Guards" and runs "Lamas" on that ranch of his?

 

[LoudThunder]

interesting how the land owner tried to keep public lands to himself.

Back in the late '90s, I saw a lot of this happening in Tucson on the Northwest side of town where the big new hilltop mega-homes were going in and they fragrantly fenced off all sort of trails… I was a volunteer with the National Park Services and I happily went out with a ranger to cut, clip, and tear down all that we found… But they had a lot more money to replace the fences than we had resources to tear them down and they usually won…

 

[LoudThunder]

There is no such animal as private airspace!

I wonder why the lawyers have not gotten the FAA to get involved... I wonder if it has to do with the fact that the hunters backsides do not create a hazard to aircraft since there are special rules govern being "Tethered" since the hunters feet are still on the ground; hence Tethered… L L . . .