Your first writing assignment in connection with Real Estate Law is to read the two articles
referenced below and Section 1063 of Chapter 25 of Title 43 of the United States Code
referenced below and Section 1063 of Chapter 25 of Title 43 of the United States Code
Two Articles about Corner Crossing between Public Lands and a Federal Statute: Is Corner
Crossing between Public Lands a Legitimate Real Deal or Just Plain Old Trespassing?
The two articles are:
Crossing between Public Lands a Legitimate Real Deal or Just Plain Old Trespassing?
The two articles are:
It’s Public Land. But the Public Can’t Reach It. Published November 26, 2022 by The New York
Times.
Hunters claim in filing that courts have OK’d corner crossing as published December 6, 2022 by
wyofile.com.
The two articles above and Section 1063 have been previously posted in a Module on Canvas.
For ease in writing your paper, you may refer to the New York Times article as It’s Public Land,
the second article as Hunters Claim article, and the statute as Section 1063.
I suggest that you read It’s Public Land first, then Hunters Claim, then the statute.
The first half of your paper should be an organized summary of the two articles and the current
issue (or issues) relating to corner crossing between public lands. The second half of your paper
is more of a creative exercise for you to state your opinion as to whether or not corner crossing is
legal. Note that we are talking about corner crossing from public lands to public lands, and your
opinion should be based on information gleamed from the two articles, Section 1063, our
discussion in class on air rights, trespass, that the common law concept of air rights from the
surface of the land to the stars in the sky is no longer absolute in an evolving world, that there are
recognized exceptions to excluding people from property, and our discussion in class on why
people purchase easements for such matters as ingress and egress to and from property.
Your paper should also be reflective of proper grammar, punctuation, and spelling.
Lastly, please include your name and UC ID number at the top of each page.
Thank you,
Chuck