Early career clerks, not Supreme Court justices, will first review Wyoming corner

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After four years of legal battles, Fred Eshelman’s trespass lawsuit to block people from corner crossing to reach public property will land Oct. 17 on the U.S. Supreme Court conference table, where justices will likely consider a recent law-school graduate’s recommendation whether to take up the case.

The nine justices won’t necessarily be the first ones to scan the 388 pages filed in the case titled Iron Bar Holdings vs Bradley Cape. A clerk — an early career lawyer — will review the file initially, soon joined by two other clerk colleagues.

Before the justices mull Eshelman’s petition, these “three smart kids in their mid to late-20s are conducting the closest