When regular people have disputes with neighbors, the more reasonable party will grit their teeth, bite their tongue, and try to avoid conflict as muc

Cloudflare CEO sues over free-roaming fidos at his ski resort paradise

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2024-04-30 04:00:13

When regular people have disputes with neighbors, the more reasonable party will grit their teeth, bite their tongue, and try to avoid conflict as much as possible. When billionaires have disputes with millionaire neighbors, they'll see you in court.

Such is the case with Cloudflare CEO Matthew Prince, who has had it with his neighbors' adorable Bernese Mountain dogs, Sasha and Mocha.

Under a shell company, Pesky Porcupine LLC, Prince is suing [PDF] owners Eric and Susan Hermann, alleging that the dogs "have aggressively approached, chased, and harassed the residents and guests of the Plaintiff's Property."

It's not like the Hermanns are opening the Princes' back gate and letting Sasha and Mocha fertilize the lawn, though. The Princes own a large stretch of property overlooking the Park City ski resort in Utah subject to a trail easement, meaning that the great unwashed can use the private property for recreational purposes – in this instance, millionaires walking their dogs over it.

Prince takes issue with the dogs and their owners' behavior, claiming it falls "outside the scope of the permissive use of the Trail Easement." This apparently includes loud barks and the 100-pound pooches relieving themselves on the grounds. The lawsuit argues that the terms of the trail easement do not permit dogs on the property, let alone unleashed.