WAMPLER v. LECOMPTE

No. 402.

282 U.S. 172 (1930)

WAMPLER v. LECOMPTE, STATE GAME WARDEN, ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 8, 1930.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas Morris Wampler, pro se.

Messrs. Robert H. Archer and William L. Marbury, Jr., Assistant Attorneys General of Maryland, were on the brief for appellees.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the Court.

The game laws of Maryland provide for granting annual licenses for the erection and maintenance of duck blinds in the waters of the State. No blind may be placed at a greater distance from the natural shore than 300 yards; and blinds must be at least 500 yards apart. A preferential right to select the position for a blind is conferred upon the riparian owner; but he may not place a blind "within 250 yards of...

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