STATISTICAL REPORT FOR THE

FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1, 2015 - SEPTEMBER 30, 20161

During the fiscal year, October 1, 2015 to September 30, 2016, the Court of Federal Claims

disposed of 569 complaints and 887 vaccine petitions. Except for a number of these cases in

which no given amounts were claimed, the total amount claimed was $995,275,774,000.00. Of

the cases disposed, the court rendered judgments for claimants in the sum of $803,511,996.95 

(annuity amounts are included in this figure if available) of which $169,639,838.47 carried

interest. A number of these judgments were based on settlements between parties. The Court of

Federal Claims rendered money judgments for the United States on counterclaims, offsets and/or

sanctions in the sum of $6,658,512.48. Under its non-monetary jurisdiction (bid protest

jurisdiction), there were 120 cases filed and the court disposed of 103. Each January, pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 791(c), the clerk transmits to Congress a statement of all the judgments rendered by

the Court of Federal Claims which notes the names of the claimants, the amounts, the dates of

entry, the nature of the claims, and the disposition for all judgments entered the previous fiscal

year.

Case filings increased in fiscal year 2016 for both general jurisdiction cases and vaccine injury

compensation cases. General jurisdiction cases increased by over 9% while vaccine petitions

increased by approximately 40%. Many of the general jurisdiction case filings in fiscal year

2016 were of increased complexity and national significance. For example, 13% of general

jurisdiction cases filed this past fiscal year contained multiple plaintiffs, and 10% involved

intervening parties.

Total case terminations increased 11% from 1,314 in fiscal year 2015 to 1,456 in fiscal year

2016. Pending cases at the close of the fiscal year increased 13% from 2,634 on September 30,

2014 to 2,967 on September 30, 2015.

1The statistics referenced in this report were generated on October 7, 2016.
REPORT OF THE U.S. COURT of FEDERAL CLAIMS

for the period

10/1/2015 - 9/30/2016

Nature of suit PENDING

10/1/15

FILED

FY 16

REOPENED

FY 16

DISPOSED

FY 16

PENDING

9/30/16

Tax 174 53 1 62 164

Contract** 681 156 2 104 734

Civilian Pay 53 31 1 18 67

Military Pay 52 56 0 42 65

Common Carrier 0 0 0 0 0

Copyright/Patent 32 13 1 18 28

Native American 21 13 0 8 27

Oil Spill 0 0 0 0 0

Taking 220 57 5 46 235

Contract/Injunction 42 113 7 103 62

CLA Review 0 0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous 111 121 0 133 99

INCC Transfer 0 0 0 0 0

INFO Reward 1 1 0 1 1

Spent Nuclear Fuel 17 1 3 9 11

Unjust Conviction 14 19 0 25 8

TOTAL * 1418 634 20 569 1501

VACCINE

All Natures of Suit

Except Thimerosal

and Trivalent

Influenza

650 425 1 376 698

Thimerosal 17 1 1 7 12

Trivalent Influenza 563 694 2 504 756

 TOTAL * 1230 1120 4 887 1466

* These totals do not include Congressional Reference cases.

** These totals do not include Contract Pre-Award or Post-Award Bid Protest Injunction cases. These figures are listed under

“Contract/Injunction”.
CONGRESSIONAL REFERENCE CASES

REPORT OF THE U.S. COURT of FEDERAL CLAIMS

for the period

10/1/2015 - 9/30/2016

Nature of suit PENDING

10/1/15

FILED

FY 16

DISPOSED

FY 16

PENDING

9/30/16

Tax 0 0 0 0

Contract 0 0 0 0

Civilian Pay 0 0 0 0

Military Pay 0 0 0 0

Common Carrier 0 0 0 0

Copyright/Patent 0 0 0 0

Native American 1 0 0 1

Oil Spill 0 0 0 0

Taking 0 0 0 0

Declaratory (Contr) 0 0 0 0

CLA Review 0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous 0 0 0 0

INCC Transfer 0 0 0 0

INFO Reward 0 0 0 0

Spent Nuclear Fuel 0 0 0 0

TOTAL: 1 0 0 1
SUMMARY

NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS DISPOSED OF * 569

NUMBER OF VACCINE PETITIONS DISPOSED OF 887

AMOUNTS CLAIMED $995,275,774,000.00

JUDGMENTS FOR PLAINTIFFS/PETITIONERS ** $803,511,996.95

AMOUNT OF ABOVE JUDGMENTS CARRYING INTEREST $169,639,838.47 

JUDGMENTS ON DEFENDANT’S COUNTERCLAIMS,

OFFSETS AND SANCTIONS

$6,658,512.48

AMOUNT OF THE ABOVE JUDGMENTS FOR DEFENDANT

ON ITS COUNTERCLAIMS, OFFSETS AND SANCTIONS

CARRYING INTEREST

$0.00

JUDGMENTS FOR THIRD PARTY PLAINTIFFS/PETITIONERS $0.00

* Includes Congressional Reference

** Annuity amounts included when available.
Appeals To The United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

October 1, 2015 - September 30, 2016

Appeals pending October 1, 2015 107

Appeals filed October 1, 2015 - September 30, 2016 151

Total 258

Mandates (not including vaccine cases): Total 148

Reversing (including Reversing in part) 8

Affirming U.S.C.F.C. Decision 87

Appeal Dismissed 46

Vacating 7

Appeals pending September 30, 2016 Total 128

Vaccine Mandates: 10

Reversing 0

Affirming Decision 3

Appeal Dismissed 6

Appeal Vacated 1

Note: Our court does not receive notices of appeal for vaccine cases so the only record we

have of a vaccine appeal is the CAFC mandate, hence they are listed separately.