STATISTICAL REPORT FOR THE

FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1, 2021 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

During the fiscal year, October 1, 2021, to September 30, 2022, the Court of Federal Claims 

disposed of 627 complaints and 1,231 vaccine petitions. Except for a number of these cases in 

which no given amounts were claimed, the total amount claimed was $14,402,993,000.00 Of the 

cases disposed, the court rendered judgments for claimants in the sum of $982,693,348.92

(annuity amounts are included in this figure if available) of which $4,362,581.57 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 $200,526.96. Under its non-monetary jurisdiction (bid protest 

jurisdiction), there were 123 cases filed and the court disposed of 125. 

Case filings increased in fiscal year 2022 for general jurisdiction cases and decreased for vaccine 

injury compensation cases. General1 jurisdiction cases increased by 19.5% while vaccine 

petitions decreased by 50%. There were 107 general jurisdiction cases, approximately 13.1%, 

with multiple plaintiffs and 9.2% involved intervening parties. 

Total case terminations increased 10.7% from 1,679 in fiscal year 2021 to 1,858 in fiscal year 

2022. Pending cases at the close of the fiscal year increased 3.7% from 5,399 on September 30, 

2021, to 5,600 on September 30, 2022.

1 The statistics referenced in this report were generated on October 31st, 2022.
REPORT OF THE U.S. COURT of FEDERAL CLAIMS

for the period

10/1/2021 - 9/30/2022

Nature of suit PENDING

10/1/21

FILED

FY 22

REOPENED

FY 22

DISPOSED

FY 22

PENDING

9/30/22

Tax 136 45 1 57 125

Contract** 335 82 4 122 299

Civilian Pay 123 45 0 34 134

Military Pay 100 59 4 55 108

Common Carrier 5 0 0 0 5

Copyright/Patent 23 7 1 12 19

Native American 20 2 2 4 20

Oil Spill 0 0 0 0 0

Taking 429 295 190 69 845

Contract/Injunction 62 123 3 125 63

CLA Review 0 0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous 101 131 2 124 110

INCC Transfer 0 0 0 0 0

INFO Reward 1 1 0 1 1

Spent Nuclear Fuel 17 3 0 4 16

Unjust Conviction 6 22 0 20 8

TOTAL * 1358 815 207 627 1753

VACCINE

All Natures of Suit 

Except Thimerosal 

and Trivalent 

Influenza

1390 369 5 425 1339

Thimerosal 1 5 0 1 5

Trivalent Influenza 2650 655 3 805 2503

TOTAL * 4041 1029 8 1231 3847

* 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

10/1/2021 - 9/30/2022

Nature of suit PENDING

10/1/21

FILED

FY 22

DISPOSED

FY 22

PENDING

9/30/22

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 0 0 0 0

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: 0 0 0 0
SUMMARY

NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS DISPOSED OF * 627

NUMBER OF VACCINE PETITIONS DISPOSED OF 1,231

AMOUNTS CLAIMED $14,402,993,000.00 

JUDGMENTS FOR PLAINTIFFS/PETITIONERS ** $982,693,348.92

AMOUNT OF ABOVE JUDGMENTS CARRYING INTEREST $4,362,581.57

JUDGMENTS ON DEFENDANT’S COUNTERCLAIMS, 

OFFSETS AND SANCTIONS

$200,526.96

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, 2021 – September 30, 2022

Appeals pending October 1, 2021 311

Appeals filed October 1, 2021 – September 30, 2022 119

Total 430

Mandates (not including vaccine cases): Total 115

Reversing (including Reversing in part) 7

Affirming U.S.C.F.C. Decision 74

Appeal Dismissed 33

Appeal Vacated 1

Appeals pending September 30, 2021 Total 126

Vaccine Mandates: Total 2

Reversing 1

Affirming Decision 1

Appeal Dismissed 0

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.