U.S. Court of Federal Claims — Judicial Business 2022

The U.S. Court of Federal Claims has nationwide jurisdiction over a variety of monetary claims against the federal government, including those involving tax refunds, federal taking of private property for public use, pay and dismissal of federal civilian employees, pay and dismissal of military personnel, land claims brought by Native Americans and/or their tribe(s), contract disputes, bid protests, patents and copyright, congressional reference, and the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Act. Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 791(c), each January the clerk of court transmits to Congress a statement of all the judgments rendered, which notes the names of the claimants, the amounts, the dates of entry and nature of the claims, and the dispositions for all judgments rendered the previous fiscal year.

Filings in this court decreased 25 percent to 2,059 in 2022. Vaccine compensation cases fell 50 percent to 1,037. Excluding vaccine compensation cases, filings rose 48 percent to 1,022 as property taken cases rose 530 percent to 485. Many of the general jurisdiction cases were of increased complexity and national significance; for example, 10 percent of the general jurisdiction cases filed this fiscal year contained multiple plaintiffs, and 7 percent involved intervening parties.

Total case terminations rose 11 percent to 1,858. Vaccine case terminations climbed 20 percent to 1,231. Pending cases increased 4 percent to 5,600.

Filings in 2022 were 7 percent lower than in 2018. Case filings under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Act have fallen 16 percent from 1,237 petitions in 2018 to 1,037 petitions in 2022.

For data on filings in the Court of Federal Claims, see Tables G-2A  and G-2B.