Goldstein v. Mayor of Baltimore

The appellants Miriam H. Goldstein and Irving L. Goldstein, as tenants by the entirety, on the one hand, and the appellants Betty Lee Hoffman and Sidney Hoffman, as tenants by the entirety, on the other, each own an undivided one-half interest in a tract of 1.99 acres located on what until 1964 was Russell Street, in an industrial area of Baltimore. For purposes of this opinion, the Goldsteins and the Hoffmans will be referred to collectively as the Owners.

In 1964, construction of the Russell Street Viaduct Extension (the Viaduct), which was built to link the Baltimore-Washington Parkway to…