USCFC General Jurisdiction-Reported

CORRECTED REPORTED OPINION and ORDER granting Motion to Dismiss - Rule 12(b)(1); withdrawing [70] Reported Opinion; and vacating judgment dismissing Count II of plaintiffs' third amended complaint without prejudice. Status Report due by 5/29/2015. Signed by Judge Elaine D. Kaplan.

Keywords: Tucker Act; 28 U.S.C. § 1491; Subject Matter Jurisdiction; RCFC 12(b)(1); 5 U.S.C. § 5928; Danger Pay; 5 U.S.C. § 5922. re: Order on Motion to Dismiss - Rule 12(b)(1), Reported Opinion

REPORTED OPINION ( Status Report due by 5/8/2015) granting in part and denying in part Motion for Summary Judgment; granting in part and denying in part [13] Motion to Dismiss - Rule 12(b)(6). Signed by Judge Nancy B. Firestone.

Keywords: re: Order on Motion for Summary Judgment, Order on Motion to Dismiss - Rule 12(b)(6), Reported Opinion,,, Pay Freeze Act; Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act; Application of Pay Freeze Act after expiration; Skidmore deference

REPORTED OPINION Signed by Judge Thomas C. Wheeler.

Keywords: re: Bid Protest; CICA Stay Override Challenge; Small Business Set-Aside; Corrective Action; Agency Decision to Award Competitive Bridge Contract; Motion to Dismiss; Mootness

REDACTED REPORTED OPINION: The Clerk is directed to enter judgment. Status Report due by 5/15/2015. Close of discovery to be completed by 8/7/2015. Signed by Judge Elaine D. Kaplan.

Keywords: re: Discovery; Attorney-Client Privilege; Crime-Fraud Exception; Request for Production; RCFC 26(b)(1); Sanctions; RCFC 37(a)(5)

OPINION denying Motion for Attorney Fees. Signed by Judge Francis M. Allegra.

Keywords: Motion for attorneys fees; Equal Access to Justice Act 28 U.S.C. § 2412(d)(1)(A); United States Department of Housing and Urban Development Housing Assistance Payments; Substantially justified; Defendants position was reasonable basis in law and fact; Motion denied.

OPINION (Redacted) re: [148]**SEALED** OPINION Dismissing Plaintiff's Complaint for Lack of Jurisdiction. Signed by Judge Francis M. Allegra.

Keywords: Contracts; Pre-award bid protest; Jurisdiction 28 U.S.C. § 1491(b)(1); Contract Disputes Act contract administration outside of courts bid protest jurisdiction; Task orders; No limitation regarding competitive range and associated Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) concepts; Down-select no winnowing of contractors; No jurisdiction; Case dismissed for lack of jurisdiction.

REPORTED OPINION and ORDER granting Motion to Dismiss - Rule 12(b)(1). The Clerk is directed to enter judgment accordingly. No costs. Signed by Judge Charles F. Lettow.

Keywords: re: Claim for refund of income taxes; suit precluded by action previously filed in Tax Court respecting the same taxes; I.R.C. § 6512(a).

REPORTED OPINION granting Motion to Dismiss - Rule 12(b)(1), denying as moot [44] Motion to Dismiss - Rule 12(b)(6), and denying as moot [47] Motion for Leave to File a Second Amended Complaint. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment. Signed by Judge Margaret M. Sweeney. (kb1)

Keywords: re: Order on Motion to Dismiss - Rule 12(b)(1) and (6), Order on Motion for Leave to File, Reported Opinion; Motion to Dismiss; Jurisdiction; Recoupment of Disability Severance Pay From Veterans Disability Compensation; 10 U.S.C. § 1212(d); Money-Mandating Statute; Veterans Disability Compensation, 38 U.S.C. §§ 1110, 1131, 1161; Claims for Veterans Benefits, 38 U.S.C. § 5101; Review of Veterans Benefits Claims, 38 U.S.C. §§ 511, 7104, 7252, 7292; Comprehensive Scheme of Review; Bormes; Fausto; Vereda, Ltda.; Carlisle

REPORTED OPINION denying Motion to Dismiss - Rule 12(b)(1) and (6); granting [27] Motion for Judgment on the Administrative Record; denying [30] Cross Motion. The government's motion to dismiss pursuant to RCFC 12(b)(1), or, alternatively, RCFC 12(b)(6) is DENIED. The government's motion for judgment on the administrative record is GRANTED, and plaintiff's cross-motion for judgment on the administrative record is accordingly DENIED. The clerk shall enter judgment in accord with this disposition. Signed by Judge Charles F. Lettow.

Keywords: re: Order on Motion to Dismiss - Rule 12(b)(1) and (6), Order on Motion for Judgment on the Admin. Record, Order on Cross Motion, Reported Opinion, Suit for military pay and allowances by an ex-Navy Corpsman who was placed on the TDRL, then deemed fit for duty, but then denied reenlistment as unsuitable to serve; application of 10 U.S.C. §§ 1201, 1210, 1211, and 1214a.

REPORTED ORDER. Signed by Judge Susan G. Braden.

Keywords: re: Jurisdiction; RCFC 1; RCFC 12(b)(1); RCFC 12(h)(3).

REPORTED OPINION denying Motion for Partial Summary Judgment; granting in part and denying in part [66] Cross Motion for Partial Summary Judgment. Signed by Judge Thomas C. Wheeler.

Keywords: re: Indian Tribe Claims for Tribal Trust Fund Mismanagement; Cross-Motions for Partial Summary Judgment; Fiduciary Duties to Indian Tribes; Breach of Trust; 25 U.S.C. § 164.

REPORTED ORDER. Signed by Judge Susan G. Braden.

Keywords: re: Jurisdiction; RCFC 1; RCFC 12(b)(1); RCFC 12(h)(3).

REPORTED OPINION: In this Phase II spent nuclear fuel case, plaintiffs are entitled to recover $29,370,717. The Clerk shall enter final judgment in favor of plaintiffs for that amount. Plaintiffs are also awarded costs of suit. In accord with the Restatement (Second) of Judgments § 26(1)(b) and (e) (1982), plaintiffs shall retain the right to bring subsequent actions on claims for damages incurred after June 30, 2012. Signed by Judge Charles F. Lettow.

Keywords: re: Post-trial decision in Phase II spent nuclear fuel case; causation; but-for world regarding incurred costs of characterizing and loading; obstruction by government through refusal to answer discovery requests; seismic stability analyses and mitigation; payroll loader allocation; property taxes; offset.

REPORTED Opinion and Order. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment. Signed by Judge Mary Ellen Coster Williams. (rk) Copy to parties.REPORTED Opinion and Order. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment. Signed by Judge Mary Ellen Coster Williams.

Keywords: re: Rails-to-Trails Act Settlement; Class Action Settlement; Approval of Settlement As Fair, Reasonable, and Adequate; Rule 23(e).

REPORTED OPINION granting Partial Motion to Dismiss - Rule 12(b)(1). Signed by Judge Nancy B. Firestone.

Keywords: Partial Motion to Dismiss; Statute of Limitations; ELIHPA; Request to Prepay Mortgage; Affordable Housing; Breach of Contract

REPORTED ORDER originally filed under seal on April 10, 2015, is reissued and unsealed, pursuant to notice filed April 14, 2015. Signed by Senior Judge James F. Merow.

Keywords: re case numbers 15cv135 and 15cv136: Pre-Award Protest; Jurisdiction; Competition in Contracting Act; Override of Stay in Effect During Pending GAO Protest.

REPORTED ORDER. Signed by Judge Susan G. Braden.

Keywords: re:Nuclear Waste Policy Act, 42 U.S.C.§§ 10101 et seq.;42 U.S.C. § 10131 (Findings and Purposes);42 U.S.C. § 10222 (Nuclear Waste Fund);10 C.F.R. § 71 (Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material);10 C.F.R. § 73.55 (Requirements for Physical Plant Protection);10 C.F.R. § 171 (Annual Fees); 10 C.F.R. § 961.11 (Text of theStandard Contract); Federal Rules of Evidence,201 (Judicial Notice), 602 (Need for Personal Knowledge),702 (Testimony by Expert Witnesses),703 (Bases of an Experts Opinion Testimony),803 (Exceptions to the Rule Against Hearsay);Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims (RCFC) 54(b) (Judgment on Multiple Claims orInvolving Multiple Parties).

(Docketed for Administrative Purposes) REPORTED Order. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment. Signed by Judge Susan G. Braden.

Keywords: re: RCFC 41(b) (Failure to Prosecute or to Comply With Court Orders).

REPORTED Order. The Clerk is directed to enter judgment. Signed by Judge Marian Blank Horn.

Keywords: re: Pro Se Plaintiff; In Forma Pauperis Application; Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction.

REPORTED OPINION redacting and correcting Sealed Opinion in a manner consistent with [47] Consent Motion proposing redactions and corrections/amendments, which motion is granted. Signed by Chief Judge Patricia E. Campbell-Smith.

Keywords: re: Sealed Opinion and [48] Reported Opinion with redactions/corrections: Bid Protest; Pre-Award; Small Business Administration (SBA); Office of Hearings & Appeals (OHA); Service-Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business Concern (SDVO SBC); Status; Ownership Criteria; 15 U.S.C. § 632(q); 13 C.F.R. pt. 125; 13 C.F.R. § 125.9(d); Remand.