The last thing proponents of corner crossing want is a counter ruling in the 9th. With a favorable ruling in the 9th corner crossing is legal in just about everywhere there is a public land corner that applies. A national ruling from SCOTUS doesn't gain much more access, but a unfavorable ruling from SCOTUS and you lose it all. Too much risk for what you potentially gain.
This is exactly right, case law from Iron Bar Holdings vs. Cape is what sets legal precedents for this lawsuit that these conservation groups just filed against FWP.
And all through the first case, I heard several attorneys talk about the different districts and how, the 9th district had a very different "personality" so to speak and how the outcome could be quite different.
The FAA altitude limit for drones is 400',Not looking good when viewed with MT drone law. See attached article:
Drones enter Montana corner-crossing debate
Can a hunter in Montana legally access “corner-locked” public lanbozemandailychronicle-mt.newsmemory.com
Is this result of the lawsuit or the plan all along?Well it’s taken a bad turn. Just got an email from BHA that the “ Montana Board of Land Commissioners will consider sweeping revisions to the State's Land Exchange Policy that could significantly impact public land access, checkerboarded lands, access to public waters, and the future management of Montana's state trust lands.”
Sent an email to the Land Board and the Governor urging them to wait until the lawsuit has been settled.
The Land Board has been pretty anti sportsman for the last 10 years or so; the Governor no better
All is well until someone gets hurt or killed. And unfortunately this will be the next court hearing Malicious wounding or Murder while corner crossing. Some people just don’t think about what may and can happen when you are trespassing, no animal is worth the risk. The rancher that took the Missouri men to court would have spend less money on a murder trail and probably got off. I’ve often wonder how many people have been shot over right of ways. Not even AI knows !! I know in just our county quite a few. Y’all remember the Nevada Rancher the Bundy standoff, who went to jail
not Mr Bundy the rancher and this was against our BLM government. Time will tell, good thing John Dutton was killed .
Could Bha file a motion to prevent the dissolution of assets by land commission?
It would be useless to anyone else no right of way it’s land locked. The problem is the government couldn’t care less about your public lands, if you haven’t figure that out by now you never will. If they did they would have already granted an access through the private lands, they don’t mind using Eminent domain when it applies to their wants.
My entire career has been involved in many complicated real estate transactions in 6 states . I believe I understand how the systems work and what is involved .
WOW. I’m talking roads big as highways nicely graveled. Zero oil rigs sitting on private property only on the BLM. An outfitter has the private property leased so what you think he’s doing hunting the public how do I know one of the guides asked how I got in there told him none of his business I’m on public property. This is how your government operates your BLM lands with your tax $$$$$$. I was successful on my DIY hunt and harvested a nice 5x5 on BLM lands with no help from our government. You can’t make this 
up. Oil rigs are ok but hunting access isn’t. Screw them.
Then why are you asking why, if you know it all already. Sounds like you might be part of the problem instead of the solution. Real Estate companies are the problem, they sell these ranches advertising the public land to be land lock as there’s to use no public access.
