Palm Beach Isles Associates v. United States

PLAGER, Circuit Judge.

This is an inverse condemnation — regulatory taking — case, on appeal from the United States Court of Federal Claims. Palm Beach Isles Associates, Martin Slifka, Marjorie Margolis and Roberta Franklin, and the Estate of Joseph Slifka (collectively “PBIA”) claim that the United States (the “Government”) effected a regulatory taking of their property in Florida when the Army Corps of Engineers (the “Corps”) refused to grant a permit to dredge and fill the property. The Court of Federal Claims granted the Government’s motion for summary judgment of no liability. See Palm…