Legal Opinion
Christopher Village, L.P. And Wilshire Investments Corp. v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided March 8, 2004No. 02-5188PublishedCited by 88 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DYK, Circuit Judge.
This case presents the question whether a federal district court has jurisdiction to issue a declaratory judgment as to the government’s liability for breach of contract solely in order to create a “predicate” for suit to recover damages in the Court of Federal Claims. We hold that district courts do not have such jurisdiction because the Court of Federal Claims has exclusive jurisdiction under the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1491 (2000), to adjudicate breach of contract claims for money damages in excess of $10,000, and Congress has not waived sovereign immunity for such suits…
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