STATISTICAL REPORT FOR THE

FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1, 2018 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

During the fiscal year, October 1, 2018 to September 30, 2019, the Court of Federal Claims 

disposed of 637 complaint and 829 vaccine petitions. Except for a number of these cases in 

which no given amounts were claimed, the total amount claimed was $7,207,044,000. Of the 

cases disposed, the court rendered judgments for claimants in the sum of $328,969,403.31

(annuity amounts are included in this figure if available) of which $18,388,387.97 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 $10,439,691. Under its non-monetary jurisdiction (bid protest 

jurisdiction), there were 146 cases filed and the court disposed of 141. 

Case filings decreased in fiscal year 2019 for general jurisdiction cases and increased for vaccine 

injury compensation cases. General1jurisdiction cases decreased by 25.4% while vaccine 

petitions increased by 3.6%. Many of the general jurisdiction case filings in fiscal year 2018

were of increased complexity and national significance. For example, 27% of general 

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

intervening parties.

Total case terminations decreased 4.1% from 1,526 in fiscal year 2018 to 1,466 in fiscal year 

2019. Pending cases at the close of the fiscal year increased 15.4% from 3,655 on September 30, 

2018 to 4,217 on September 30, 2019.

 

1 The statistics referenced in this report were generated on November 5th, 2019.
REPORT OF THE U.S. COURT of FEDERAL CLAIMS

for the period

10/1/2018 - 9/30/2019

Nature of suit PENDING

10/1/18

FILED

FY 19

REOPENED

FY 19

DISPOSED

FY 19

PENDING

9/30/19

Tax 144 94 2 83 155

Contract** 334 123 8 127 335

Civilian Pay 68 48 1 28 88

Military Pay 70 33 3 34 70

Common Carrier 0 1 0 0 1

Copyright/Patent 29 8 0 8 29

Native American 19 3 0 5 17

Oil Spill 0 0 0 0 0

Taking 491 130 2 53 568

Contract/Injunction 61 146 2 141 67

CLA Review 0 0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous 117 126 3 133 110

INCC Transfer 0 0 0 0 0

INFO Reward 0 1 0 0 1

Spent Nuclear Fuel 15 6 0 4 17

Unjust Conviction 10 17 0 21 6

TOTAL * 1358 736 21 637 1464

VACCINE

All Natures of Suit 

Except Thimerosal 

and Trivalent 

Influenza

916 425 3 295 1041

Thimerosal 3 0 0 2 1

Trivalent Influenza 1383 857 2 532 1711

TOTAL * 2302 1282 5 829 2753

* 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

10/1/2018 - 9/30/2019

Nature of suit PENDING

10/1/18

FILED

FY 19

DISPOSED

FY 19

PENDING

9/30/19

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

Appeals to the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019

Appeals pending October 1, 2018 104

Appeals filed October 1, 2018 – September 30, 2019 95

Total 199

Mandates (not including vaccine cases): Total 128

Reversing (including Reversing in part) 5

Affirming U.S.C.F.C. Decision 77

Appeal Dismissed 44

Appeal Vacated 2

Appeals pending September 30, 2019 Total 132

Vaccine Mandates: Total 10

Reversing 1

Affirming Decision 8

Appeal Dismissed 1

Appeal Vacated 0

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.