Tucker Act jurisdiction

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federal jurisdiction doctrine subject-matter jurisdiction

Tucker Act jurisdiction refers to the authority of certain federal courts to hear monetary claims against the United States government based on contracts, statutes, regulations, or the Constitution.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Tucker Act	5
Fed. Cl.	1
Little Tucker Act jurisdiction	1
Tucker Act jurisdiction canonical	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	federal jurisdiction doctrine ⓘ subject-matter jurisdiction ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Tucker Act jurisdiction ⓘ surface form: Little Tucker Act jurisdiction
appliesTo	monetary claims against the United States ⓘ
basedOn	Tucker Act jurisdiction self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Tucker Act
codifiedIn	28 U.S.C. § 1346(a)(2) ⓘ 28 U.S.C. § 1491 ⓘ
concerns	claims founded upon Acts of Congress ⓘ claims founded upon executive department regulations ⓘ claims founded upon express contracts with the United States ⓘ claims founded upon implied-in-fact contracts with the United States ⓘ claims founded upon the Constitution ⓘ
determines	forum for monetary claims against the United States ⓘ
distinguishedFrom	Little Tucker Act jurisdiction in district courts ⓘ
doesNotCover	claims against federal officers in their individual capacity ⓘ
doesNotDetermine	substantive right to recover ⓘ
doesNotProvide	equitable relief as primary remedy ⓘ
effectiveSince	1887 ⓘ
enables	breach of contract suits against the United States ⓘ claims for just compensation for takings ⓘ illegal exaction claims against the United States ⓘ
excludes	criminal matters ⓘ tort claims against the United States ⓘ
governs	most non-tort monetary claims against the federal government ⓘ
grantsJurisdictionTo	United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ United States district courts ⓘ
historicallyDerivedFrom	Court of Claims jurisdiction ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit ⓘ
limitedBy	sovereign immunity of the United States ⓘ
monetaryThresholdForDistrictCourts	$10,000 ⓘ
oftenInvokedIn	government procurement disputes ⓘ military pay claims ⓘ tax refund suits under 28 U.S.C. § 1346(a)(1) ⓘ
permitsIncidental	equitable relief in aid of monetary judgment ⓘ
primaryForum	United States Court of Federal Claims ⓘ
relatedTo	federal contract law ⓘ sovereign immunity waiver ⓘ takings claims under the Fifth Amendment ⓘ
requires	claim against the United States as defendant ⓘ money-mandating source of law ⓘ non-frivolous allegation of money damages ⓘ
separateFrom	Administrative Procedure Act review jurisdiction ⓘ Federal Tort Claims Act jurisdiction ⓘ