United States v. Testan

Holding that Back Pay Act does not provide a remedy for misclassified federal employees

United States v. Dalm

Holding that 26 U.S.C. § 6511, which, when read with 26 U.S.C. § 7422, includes “may not be maintained” language, is jurisdictional

Gould Elecs. Inc. v. U.S.

Holding that the phrase "law of the place" in the sixth prong of § 1346(b) is jurisdictional

U.S. v. White Mountain Apache Tribe

Holding that where one statute provides for a waiver of sovereign immunity to enforce a separate statute, the latter statute is not subject to the strict construction principle

Dugan v. Rank

Holding that "a suit is against the sovereign if 'the judgment sought would expend itself on the public treasury or domain, or interfere with the public administration.'"

Arizona v. Manypenny

Finding jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, even though the government had invoked 18 U.S.C. § 3731 in its jurisdictional statement

Clinton v. Goldsmith

Holding that a lower court’s injunction was neither " ‘in aid of’ its ... jurisdiction ... nor ‘necessary or appropriate’ " under the All Writs Act because there were "alternative remedies available"

Orff v. United States

Holding that the government had not waived its sovereign immunity with respect to suits brought by farmers claiming third-party beneficiary status

Palmer v. City National Bank

Concluding that "the plain language of § 1441(f) limits the abrogation of derivative jurisdiction to removals under § 1441"

Megapulse, Inc. v. Lewis

Holding that "an action against the United States which is at its essence a contract claim lies within the Tucker Act and that a district court has no power to grant injunctive relief in such a case."

Rule 12 - Defenses and Objections: When and How Presented; Motion for Judgment on the Pleadings; Consolidating Motions; Waiving Defenses; Pretrial Hearing

Granting the court discretion to exclude matters outside the pleadings presented to the court in defense of a motion to dismiss

Section 1441 - Removal of civil actions

Holding that “[a]ny civil action of which the district courts have original jurisdiction founded on a claim or right arising under the ... laws of the United States shall be removable without regard to the citizenship or residence of the parties.”

Section 1346 - United States as defendant

Determining liability to the claimant "in accordance with the law of the place where the act or omission occurred"

Section 1442 - Federal officers or agencies sued or prosecuted

Granting removal power to "[a]ny officer of the United States . . . or person acting under him"

Section 1491 - Claims against United States generally; actions involving Tennessee Valley Authority

Adopting the standard in 5 U.S.C. § 706

Section 1003 - Coverage

Defining employee benefit plan governed by ERISA

Section 1071 - Purpose of this chapter

Providing for "an improved and uniform program of medical and dental care for members and certain former members of [the armed] services, and for their dependents"

Section 1086 - Contracts for health benefits for certain members, former members, and their dependents

Establishing the authority for the Department of Defense to contract for health insurance for retirees under the same basis established ten years earlier for active duty dependents by 10 U.S.C. § 1079 and further providing that a person who was entitled to Medicare insurance would not be eligible for the insurance program established for retirees, except for those benefits established under the Department of Defense programs that were not covered by Medicare

Section 1073 - Administration of this chapter

Section 199.1 - General provisions

Appendix A to Part 199 - Acronyms