Inside the Wild Feud Between Jonathan Knight and the Trustees of Reservations

Typically, disputes over easements don’t get this ugly. In U.S. history, just over 650 have ever been tried in court, and only a handful have ever gone to trial over prohibited buildings on these kinds of properties, says Leslie Ratley-Beach, conservation defense director at the national Land Trust Alliance. In each case, the courts ruled in favor of the land trusts.