B.W. Parkway Associates Limited Partnership v. United States

OPINION

MARGOLIS, Judge.

This takings case is before the court for final judgment after a four-day trial. The plaintiff, B.W. Parkway Associates (“BWPA”), is a partnership that owned property adjoining the National Security Agency (“NSA”), a United States Depart*671ment of Defense installation. The plaintiff alleges that the defendant, the United States, acting through NSA effected a Fifth Amendment taking by preventing BWPA from developing its property. The defendant argues that the plaintiff failed to develop the property either because of its own failures or because of obstacles to development.…