Custom Contemporary Homes, Inc. v. United States

OPINION

MARGOLIS, Judge.

Plaintiffs, Custom Contemporary Homes, Inc., Joseph R. Bucci, Susan C. Bucci, Joseph Favata, and Waltraud E. Favata, bring this action alleging a taking by the defendant United States of plaintiffs’ property in Franklin Lakes Township, County of Bergen, New Jersey. Plaintiffs base their taking claim on a series of specific government actions which plaintiffs assert have rendered their property unmarketable and valueless. The governmental actions complained of concern federal involvement with right-of-way acquisitions for Interstate 287 (1-287) under the Federal-Aid…