UNITED STATES v. CERTAIN PROPERTY, ETC.

No. 312, Docket 27187.

306 F.2d 439 (1962)

UNITED STATES of America, Petitioner-Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant, v. CERTAIN PROPERTY LOCATED IN the BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, CITY, COUNTY AND STATE OF NEW YORK and 540 Pearl Street, a partnership, et al., Defendants, and Il Progresso Italo-Americano Publishing Co., Inc., Defendant-Appellant-Appellee, and Raymond E. Ryan and George H. Fankuchen, 546 Pearl Street Corp., Pearl Street Restaurant, Inc., Boylan's Tavern, Inc., Universal Brush Corp., Royal Office Supply Corp., Consolidated Loose Leaf, Inc., District Council No. 37, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees AFL-CIO, Samuel Lakow & Sons, Josaldo Restaurant, Inc., Bill Allen's Restaurant, Inc., Lafayette Nut Product, Inc., Civic Square Foods, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, and Portchester Realty Corp., 540 Pearl Street, a partnership, Edward R. Finch, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Second Circuit.

Decided July 5, 1962.

As Modified July 13, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edmund B. Clark, Bethesda, Md. (Harry T. Dolan, Brooklyn, N. Y., Ramsey Clark, Asst. Atty. Gen., Roger P. Marquis, Washington, D. C., on brief), for United States of America.

Bernard L. Bermant, New York City (Carl J. Moskowitz, Skinner & Bermant, Leddy & Raber, New York City, on brief), for defendants-appellants 546 Pearl Street Corp., Pearl Street Restaurant, Inc., Boylan's Tavern, Inc., Universal Brush Corp., and Il Progresso Italo-Americano Publishing Co., Inc.

Ira I. Gluckstein, New York City, for defendants-appellants Royal Office Supply Corp. and Consolidated Loose Leaf, Inc.

Herbert Monte Levy, New York City (Arthur D. Goldstein, Samuel Goldstein & Sons, New York City, on brief), for defendant-appellant District Council No. 37, American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees AFL-CIO.

Arthur D. Goldstein, New York City (Herbert Monte Levy, Samuel Goldstein & Sons, New York City, on brief), for defendant-appellant Samuel Lakow & Sons.

Herman G. Blumenthal, New York City (Herman G. Blumenthal and Abraham Schatzman, New York City, on brief), for defendant-appellant Josaldo Restaurant, Inc.

Philip A. Paulson, New York City, on brief, for defendant-appellant Bill Allen's Restaurant, Inc.

Nathan L. Goldstein, New York City (Nathan L. and Joseph Z. Goldstein, New York City, on brief), for defendant-appellant Lafayette Nut Product, Inc.

Arnold Fieldman (of Fieldman & Breslaver), Brooklyn (Samuel K. Beier, New York City, on brief), for defendant-appellant Civic Square Foods, Inc.

John H. Finn, Sincerbeaux & Shrewsbury, New York City, on brief for defendants-appellants, Raymond E. Ryan and George H. Fankuchen.

Matthew J. Tackella, New York City (Loretta A. Conway, Lamb & Lamb, New York City, on brief), for defendants-appellees Portchester Realty Corp. and 540 Pearl Street, a partnership.

George R. Hinckley, New York City (Finch & Schaefler, New York City, on brief), for defendants-appellees Edward R. Finch, et al.

Before LUMBARD, Chief Judge, and FRIENDLY and KAUFMAN, Circuit Judges.


FRIENDLY, Circuit Judge.

Wishing to build a Customs Court and Federal Office Building in Foley Square, the United States began an action in the Southern District of New York to condemn an area bounded generally by Worth Street, Lafayette Street, Duane Street, and a line about 175 feet east of and parallel with Broadway. A declaration of taking, dividing the property into 20 damage parcels, was filed on February 1, 1960; along...

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