Indian Tucker Act

E642829

United States federal statute jurisdictional statute

The Indian Tucker Act is a federal statute that grants the U.S. Court of Federal Claims jurisdiction over certain monetary claims brought by Native American tribes against the United States, particularly those arising from treaties, statutes, or executive agreements.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form	Occurrences
Tucker Act 28 U.S.C. 1491	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ jurisdictional statute ⓘ
appliesTo	claims by federally recognized Indian tribes ⓘ
areaOfLaw	administrative law ⓘ public law ⓘ tribal law ⓘ
beneficiary	federally recognized Indian tribes ⓘ
claimType	breach of contract claims involving Indian tribes ⓘ breach of trust claims by Indian tribes ⓘ claims based on violations of statutes or regulations relating to Indian tribes ⓘ money damages ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
distinguishedFrom	general Tucker Act NERFINISHED ⓘ
enforcedBy	United States Court of Federal Claims NERFINISHED ⓘ federal judiciary of the United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
excludes	non-monetary equitable relief as a primary remedy ⓘ
forum	United States Court of Federal Claims NERFINISHED ⓘ
function	provides a judicial forum for tribal monetary claims against the United States ⓘ waives sovereign immunity of the United States for certain tribal monetary claims ⓘ
governs	procedural access of Indian tribes to the Court of Federal Claims for monetary relief ⓘ
grantsJurisdictionTo	U.S. Court of Federal Claims NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Court of Federal Claims NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasJurisdictionOver	monetary claims by Native American tribes against the United States ⓘ
isPartOf	United States Code NERFINISHED ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
legalEffect	allows Indian tribes to sue the United States for money damages in the Court of Federal Claims ⓘ confers consent of the United States to be sued by Indian tribes for certain claims ⓘ
legalSystem	United States law NERFINISHED ⓘ
purpose	to implement the trust responsibility of the United States toward Indian tribes through monetary remedies ⓘ to provide a remedy for Indian tribes for monetary claims against the United States ⓘ
relatedTo	Tucker Act NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Court of Federal Claims NERFINISHED ⓘ federal Indian law ⓘ sovereign immunity of the United States ⓘ
remedy	monetary relief only ⓘ
requires	that claims be brought against the United States, not against individual officials ⓘ
scope	claims based on contracts with the United States involving Indian tribes ⓘ claims for money damages against the United States exceeding $10,000 ⓘ claims founded upon the Constitution, treaties, statutes, or regulations involving Indian tribes ⓘ
subjectMatter	claims arising under executive agreements with Indian tribes ⓘ claims arising under statutes relating to Indian tribes ⓘ claims arising under treaties with Indian tribes ⓘ claims based on contracts with Indian tribes ⓘ claims based on fiduciary or trust responsibilities of the United States toward Indian tribes ⓘ monetary claims ⓘ
usedBy	Native American tribes ⓘ tribal governments ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

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

United States in litigation involving Indian tribes → governedBy → Indian Tucker Act ⓘ

United States in litigation involving Indian tribes → mayBeSuedUnder → Indian Tucker Act ⓘ

this entity surface form: Tucker Act 28 U.S.C. 1491