Washington Legal Foundation
Amicus Curiae
Richard A. Samp, Counsel of RecordThe Washington Legal Foundation is a nonprofit public interest group dedicated to defending the principles of free enterprise and limited government. Richard A. Samp is the chief counsel for the foundation. He received his law degree from the University of Michigan in 1980. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for the Petitioners as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on September 12, 2001.From the landowner’s perspective, it little matters whether the government puts a fence around his land with a "Do Not Enter" sign on it, or takes title to a conservation…
