STATISTICAL REPORT FOR THE

FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1, 2017 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2018

During the fiscal year, October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018, the Court of Federal Claims 

disposed of 774 complaint and 752 vaccine petitions. Except for a number of these cases in 

which no given amounts were claimed, the total amount claimed was $31,621,680,000.00. Of 

the cases disposed, the court rendered judgments for claimants in the sum of $257,415,838.23

(annuity amounts are included in this figure if available) of which $64,219,433.97 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 $59,359,207.76. Under its non-monetary jurisdiction (bid protest 

jurisdiction), there were 171 cases filed and the court disposed of 170. 

Case filings increased in fiscal year 2018 for both general jurisdiction cases and for vaccine 

injury compensation cases. General1 jurisdiction cases increased by 51.4% while vaccine 

petitions remained steady with over 1200 cases filed. 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 10% 

involved intervening parties.

Total case terminations decreased 21.1% from 1,934 in fiscal year 2017 to 1,526 in fiscal year 

20182. Pending cases at the close of the fiscal year increased 24.2% from 2,943 on September 

30, 2017 to 3,655 on September 30, 2018.

 1 The statistics referenced in this report were generated on October 29, 2018.

2 This decrease is largely due to a consolidated case with over 350 individual cases being terminated in FY17.
REPORT OF THE U.S. COURT of FEDERAL CLAIMS

for the period

10/1/2017 - 9/30/2018

Nature of suit PENDING

10/1/17

FILED

FY 18

REOPENED

FY 18

DISPOSED

FY 18

PENDING

9/30/18

Tax 144 57 11 59 142

Contract** 375 145 5 184 336

Civilian Pay 59 35 1 27 67

Military Pay 71 53 1 53 71

Common Carrier 0 0 0 0 0

Copyright/Patent 31 8 0 10 29

Native American 19 9 0 9 19

Oil Spill 0 0 0 0 0

Taking 265 323 0 99 489

Contract/Injunction 59 171 1 170 60

CLA Review 0 0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous 103 147 0 132 119

INCC Transfer 0 0 0 0 0

INFO Reward 1 1 0 2 0

Spent Nuclear Fuel 9 8 0 2 15

Unjust Conviction 7 30 0 27 10

TOTAL * 1143 987 19 774 1357

VACCINE

All Natures of Suit 

Except Thimerosal 

and Trivalent 

Influenza

772 435 3 298 910

Thimerosal 7 0 0 4 3

Trivalent Influenza 1033 802 4 450 1385

TOTAL * 1812 1237 7 752 2298

* 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

10/1/2017 - 9/30/2018

Nature of suit PENDING

10/1/17

FILED

FY 18

DISPOSED

FY 18

PENDING

9/30/18

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 * 774

NUMBER OF VACCINE PETITIONS DISPOSED OF 752

AMOUNTS CLAIMED $31,621,680,000.00

JUDGMENTS FOR PLAINTIFFS/PETITIONERS ** $257,415,838.23

AMOUNT OF ABOVE JUDGMENTS CARRYING INTEREST $64,219,433.97

JUDGMENTS ON DEFENDANT’S COUNTERCLAIMS, 

OFFSETS AND SANCTIONS

$59,359,207.76

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, 2017 – September 30, 2018

Appeals pending October 1, 2017 111

Appeals filed October 1, 2017 – September 30, 2018 151

Total 262

Mandates (not including vaccine cases): Total 145

Reversing (including Reversing in part) 13

Affirming U.S.C.F.C. Decision 75

Appeal Dismissed 43

Appeal Vacated 14

Appeals pending September 30, 2018 Total 297

Vaccine Mandates: Total 7

Reversing 0

Affirming Decision 5

Appeal Dismissed 2

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.