Economic Development & Industrial Corp. v. United States

OPINION

MOODY R. TIDWELL, III, Judge:

This case comes before the court on defendant’s motion for summary judgment and plaintiffs’ motion for partial summary judgment on liability. The motions are intended to enable the court to determine whether legal title to land at the South Boston Naval Annex, Massachusetts can be challenged judicially by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Plaintiffs’ position is that the United States took the land without just compensation therefor. Defendant is of the opinion that from 1956 it has had clear title to the land in dispute by operation of Massachusetts law,…