STATISTICAL REPORT FOR THE

FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1, 2020 - SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

During the fiscal year, October 1, 2020 to September 30, 2021, the Court of Federal Claims 

disposed of 651 complaint and 1,028 vaccine petitions. Except for a number of these cases in 

which no given amounts were claimed, the total amount claimed was $55,009,438,000.00. Of 

the cases disposed, the court rendered judgments for claimants in the sum of $1,140,263,281.34 

(annuity amounts are included in this figure if available) of which $12,612,727.81 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 $272,291,130.66. Under its non-monetary jurisdiction (bid protest 

jurisdiction), there were 140 cases filed and the court disposed of 153. 

Case filings increased in fiscal year 2021 for general jurisdiction cases and increased for vaccine 

injury compensation cases. General1 jurisdiction cases increased by 6.58% while vaccine 

petitions increased by 72.9%. There were 133 general jurisdiction cases, approximately 19.6%, 

with multiple plaintiffs and 14.6% involved intervening parties. 

Total case terminations decreased -3.62% from 1,742 in fiscal year 2020 to 1,679 in fiscal year 

2021. Pending cases at the close of the fiscal year increased 24.6% from 4,332 on September 30, 

2020 to 5,399 on September 30, 2021.

1 The statistics referenced in this report were generated on October 26th, 2021.
REPORT OF THE U.S. COURT of FEDERAL CLAIMS

for the period

10/1/2020 - 9/30/2021

Nature of suit PENDING

10/1/20

FILED

FY 21

REOPENED

FY 21

DISPOSED

FY 21

PENDING

9/30/21

Tax 146 64 0 74 136

Contract** 322 133 6 120 335

Civilian Pay 101 53 0 31 123

Military Pay 84 54 0 35 100

Common Carrier 4 1 0 0 5

Copyright/Patent 28 2 1 7 23

Native American 18 8 0 6 20

Oil Spill 0 0 0 0 0

Taking 417 77 0 64 429

Contract/Injunction 75 140 2 153 62

CLA Review 0 0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous 113 130 1 142 101

INCC Transfer 0 0 0 0 0

INFO Reward 1 0 0 0 1

Spent Nuclear Fuel 17 3 0 3 17

Unjust Conviction 7 13 0 14 6

TOTAL * 1333 680 10 651 1358

VACCINE

All Natures of Suit 

Except Thimerosal 

and Trivalent 

Influenza

1112 642 2 360 1390

Thimerosal 1 0 0 0 1

Trivalent Influenza 1901 1418 1 668 2650

TOTAL * 3014 2060 3 1028 4041

* 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

10/1/2020 - 9/30/2021

Nature of suit PENDING

10/1/20

FILED

FY 21

DISPOSED

FY 21

PENDING

9/30/21

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 1 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: 1 0 1 0
SUMMARY

NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS DISPOSED OF * 651

NUMBER OF VACCINE PETITIONS DISPOSED OF 1028

AMOUNTS CLAIMED $55,009,438,000.00

JUDGMENTS FOR PLAINTIFFS/PETITIONERS ** $1,140,263,281.34

AMOUNT OF ABOVE JUDGMENTS CARRYING INTEREST $12,612,727.81

JUDGMENTS ON DEFENDANT’S COUNTERCLAIMS, 

OFFSETS AND SANCTIONS

$272,291,130.66

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, 2020 – September 30, 2021

Appeals pending October 1, 2020 104

Appeals filed October 1, 2020 – September 30, 2021 330

Total 434

Mandates (not including vaccine cases): Total 104

Reversing (including Reversing in part) 4

Affirming U.S.C.F.C. Decision 62

Appeal Dismissed 36

Appeal Vacated 2

Appeals pending September 30, 2021 Total 310

Vaccine Mandates: Total 13

Reversing 2

Affirming Decision 7

Appeal Dismissed 2

Appeal Vacated 2

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.