Blaze Construction, Inc. v. United States

OPINION

HORN, Judge.

BACKGROUND

The plaintiff, Blaze Construction, Inc. (Blaze), brought this action under 28 U.S.C. § 1491 (1982) for breach of contract, or, alternatively, for an alleged taking of plaintiff’s private property for a public purpose without just compensation, in violation of the Fifth Amendment to the Constitution. *648The plaintiff claims that when the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) signed a Mutual Help Homeownership Opportunity Program Annual Contributions Contract (ACC) with the Nez Perce Tribal Housing Authority, the government was, in effect,…