STATISTICAL REPORT FOR THE

FISCAL YEAR OCTOBER 1, 2016 - SEPTEMBER 30, 20171

During the fiscal year, October 1, 2016 to September 30, 2017, the Court of Federal Claims 

disposed of 1035 complaints and 899 vaccine petitions. Except for a number of these cases in 

which no given amounts were claimed, the total amount claimed was $146,989,958,000.00. Of 

the cases disposed, the court rendered judgments for claimants in the sum of $1,299,530,292.97

(annuity amounts are included in this figure if available) of which $313,432,580.69 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 $4,273,894.05. Under its non-monetary jurisdiction (bid protest 

jurisdiction), there were 129 cases filed and the court disposed of 133. 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 2017 for both general jurisdiction cases and vaccine injury 

compensation cases. General jurisdiction cases increased by 3% while vaccine petitions 

increased by 10%. Many of the general jurisdiction case filings in fiscal year 2017 were of 

increased complexity and national significance. For example, 17% of general jurisdiction cases 

filed this past fiscal year contained multiple plaintiffs, and 12% involved intervening parties.

Total case terminations increased 33% from 1,456 in fiscal year 2016 to 1,934 in fiscal year 

2017. Pending cases at the close of the fiscal year decreased less than one percent from 2,967 on 

September 30, 2016 to 2,943 on September 30, 2017.

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The statistics referenced in this report were generated on November 6, 2017.
REPORT OF THE U.S. COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS 

for the period 10/1/2016 - 9/30/2017

Nature of Suit

PENDING 

10/1/16 FILED FY17

REOPENED 

FY17

DISPOSED 

FY17

PENDING 

9/30/17

Tax 164 53 2 85 135

Contract ** 734 147 4 511 374

Civilian Pay 67 26 1 35 58

Military Pay 65 39 0 33 70

Common Carrier 0 0 1 1 0

Copyright/Patent 28 10 1 8 31

Native American 27 5 1 14 19

Oil Spill 0 0 0 0 0

Taking 235 94 6 68 264

Contract/Injunction 62 129 3 133 60

CLA Review 0 0 0 0 0

Miscellaneous 99 125 3 121 104

INCC Transfer 0 0 0 0 0

INFO Reward 1 0 0 0 1

Spent Nuclear Fuel 11 5 1 7 9

Unjust Conviction 8 19 0 19 7

TOTAL* 1501 652 23 1035 1132

VACCINE

All Natures of Suit Except 

Thimerosal and Trivalent 

Influenza 698 431 3 360 771

Thimerosal 12 1 0 6 7

Trivalent Influenza 756 810 2 533 1033

TOTAL* 1466 1242 5 899 1811

* These totals do not include Congressional Reference cases.

** These totals do not include Contract Pre-Award or Post-Award Bid Ptrotest Injunction cases. 

These figures are listed under "Contract/Injunction."
Congressional Reference Cases Report for U.S. Court of Federal Claims

for the period 10/1/2016 - 9/30/2017

Nature of Suit

PENDING 

10/1/16

FILED 

FY17

DISPOSED 

FY17

PENDING 

9/30/17

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* 1035

NUMBER OF VACCINE PETITIONS DISPOSED OF 899

AMOUNTS CLAIMED $ 146,989,958,000.00

JUDGMENTS FOR PLAINTIFFS/PETITIONERS** $ 1,299,530,292.97

AMOUNT OF ABOVE JUDGMENTS CARRYING INTEREST $ 313,432,580.69

JUDGMENTS ON DEFENDANT'S COUNTERCLAIMS, OFFSETS AND SANCTIONS $ 4,273,894.05

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 U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

10/1/2016 - 9/30/2017

Appeals pending October 1, 2016 128

Appeals filed October 1, 2016 - September 30, 2017 145

Total 273

Mandates (not including vaccine cases): Total 131

Reversing (including Reversing in part) 15

Affirming USCFC Decision 88

Appeal Dismissed 28

Appeal Vacated 0

Appeals pending September 30, 2017 Total 100

Vaccine Mandates: Total 7

Reversing 0

Affirming Decision 2

Appeal Dismissed 5

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.
Appeals to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit

10/1/2016 - 9/30/2017