Tucker Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (20)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:amendedBy Little Tucker Act
gptkbp:appliesTo claims founded upon federal statutes
claims founded upon the Constitution
claims founded upon regulations of an executive department
claims founded upon contracts with the United States
gptkbp:citation 24 Stat. 505
gptkbp:codifiedIn 28 U.S.C. § 1491
gptkbp:dateEnacted 1887
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Tucker Act
gptkbp:jurisdictionGrantedTo gptkb:United_States_federal_law
United States district courts (for claims under $10,000)
gptkbp:namedAfter gptkb:John_Randolph_Tucker
gptkbp:purpose waives sovereign immunity for certain claims against the United States
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:United_States_federal_law
federal claims
sovereign immunity
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:John_Randolph_Tucker
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6