United States Ninth Circuit

The Tucker Act's sovereign immunity waiver is limited to suits filed in the United States Court of Federal Claims. Consequently, the district court in this case lacked jurisdiction to entertain a bankruptcy debtor's Tucker Act claims.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/15/2008
• Decided 12/24/2008
• Published 12/24/2008

Judges

• THOMAS, Circuit Judge:, Before:  SIDNEY R. THOMAS and JAY S. BYBEE, Circuit Judges, and FREDERIC BLOCK, District Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert M. Cook;  Phoenix, AZ;  David A. Domina and James F. Cann, Omaha, NE, for the appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Sue Ellen Wooldridge, Assistant Attorney General, Richard G. Patrick, Assistant U.S. Attorney, Phoenix, AZ;  Elizabeth A. Peterson, Katherine J. Barton, Attorneys, Department of Justice, Environment & Natural Resources Division, Washington, D.C., for the appellee.