United States Court of Federal Claims

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Article I tribunal federal trial court specialized court

The United States Court of Federal Claims is a specialized federal trial court that hears monetary claims for damages against the U.S. government, including contract disputes, tax refunds, and takings cases.

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All labels observed (9)

Label	Occurrences
United States Court of Federal Claims canonical	26
U.S. Court of Federal Claims	8
United States Court of Claims	6
Court of Federal Claims	1
United States Claims Court	1
United States Court of Claims (appellate jurisdiction)	1
United States Court of Federal Claims (selected opinions)	1
United States Court of Federal Claims judges	1
clerk’s office of the United States Court of Federal Claims	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Article I tribunal ⓘ federal trial court ⓘ specialized court ⓘ
allows	limited jury trials in certain vaccine cases ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ surface form: U.S. Court of Federal Claims
appellateCourt	United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ
constitutionalBasis	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	United States Congress ⓘ surface form: Congress of the United States
employerOf	clerks of court ⓘ judges of the United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ special masters in vaccine cases ⓘ
excludesJurisdiction	equitable relief except in limited circumstances ⓘ tort claims against the United States ⓘ
governingStatute	Tucker Act jurisdiction ⓘ surface form: Tucker Act
hasAbbreviation	CFC ⓘ
hasChiefJudge	Chief Judge of the United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ
hasNumberOfJudges	16 ⓘ
hasSeat	Howard T. Markey National Courts Building ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/ ⓘ
hearsAppealsFrom	Office of Special Masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ⓘ
hearsCases	bench trials ⓘ
judgeAppointmentMethod	appointed by the President of the United States with the advice and consent of the Senate ⓘ
judgeTermLength	15 years ⓘ
jurisdiction	Indian trust and tribal claims ⓘ United States government ⓘ surface form: United States federal government bid protest cases involving federal procurement ⓘ certain claims founded upon contracts with the United States ⓘ certain class actions against the United States ⓘ claims founded upon Acts of Congress ⓘ claims founded upon executive regulations ⓘ claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States ⓘ contract disputes with the United States ⓘ military and civilian pay claims ⓘ monetary claims against the United States ⓘ patent and intellectual property compensation claims against the United States ⓘ takings claims under the Fifth Amendment ⓘ tax refund suits against the United States ⓘ vaccine injury compensation appeals ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
officialLanguage	English ⓘ
partOf	federal judiciary of the United States ⓘ
predecessor	United States Court of Federal Claims self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: United States Court of Claims
relatedDoctrine	Tucker Act jurisdiction ⓘ
subjectMatter	monetary damages ⓘ non-tort monetary claims against the United States ⓘ

Referenced by (46)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

federal judiciary of the United States → includesCourt → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

Judicial Conference of the United States → jurisdiction → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

Tax Division → litigatesIn → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

Title 28 – Judiciary and Judicial Procedure → governs → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

subject surface form: Title 28 of the United States Code

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit → precededBy → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Court of Claims (appellate jurisdiction)

United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit → appealsFrom → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

Administrative Office of the United States Courts → appliesTo → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

United States Court of Federal Claims → predecessor → United States Court of Federal Claims self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Court of Claims

United States Court of Federal Claims → alsoKnownAs → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Civil Division of the United States Department of Justice → litigatesIn → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

United States in tax litigation → hasVenue → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 → consolidatedAppellateFunctionsFrom → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Court of Claims

Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 → affectedCourt → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Court of Claims

Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 → relatedTo → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Claims Court

Federal Courts Improvement Act of 1982 → relatedTo → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Court of Claims

Washington, D.C. (administrative base via the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts) → hostsInstitution → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

subject surface form: Washington, D.C.

Federal Supplement → coversCourt → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Court of Federal Claims (selected opinions)

CFC → predecessor → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Court of Federal Claims

this entity surface form: United States Court of Claims

CFC → nativeName → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

subject surface form: United States Court of Federal Claims

Tucker Act jurisdiction → grantsJurisdictionTo → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

Tucker Act jurisdiction → primaryForum → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

Office of Special Masters of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims → parentOrganization → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

Howard T. Markey National Courts Building → housesCourt → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

Howard T. Markey National Courts Building → usedBy → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Court of Federal Claims judges

Commercial Litigation Branch of the Civil Division → litigatesIn → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Court of Federal Claims

United States in litigation involving Indian tribes → canAppearIn → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: Court of Federal Claims

Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice → litigatesIn → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

Article I court → hasExample → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

James Hay → appointed to → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Court of Claims

Public Access to Court Electronic Records (PACER) → coversCourtType → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

subject surface form: PACER

this entity surface form: U.S. Court of Federal Claims

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program → adjudicatedBy → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Court of Federal Claims

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program → petitionFiledWith → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Vaccine Court → partOf → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

Vaccine Court → administeredBy → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Vaccine Court → appealTo → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

Vaccine Injury Table → usedBy → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Vaccine Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims → appliesTo → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

Vaccine Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims → usedBy → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: clerk’s office of the United States Court of Federal Claims

Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims → appliesTo → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims → promulgatedBy → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims → periodicallyAmendedBy → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims → publishedBy → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program provisions of the Public Health Service Act → adjudicatedBy → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

Vaccine Injury Compensation Trust Fund → relatedTo → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Court of Federal Claims

Judicial branch of the United States government → hasComponent → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ

U.S. federal courts → hasSpecializedCourt → United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ