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· 6/1/1982

Army and Air Force Exchange Service v. Sheehan

Citations

  • 456 U.S. 728
  • 102 S. Ct. 2118
  • 72 L. Ed. 2d 520
  • 1982 U.S. LEXIS 37
  • 50 U.S.L.W. 4562

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • holding that jurisdiction does not include appointed NAFI employees
  • stating that money damages is an available remedy only when regulations specifically authorize it
  • pointing out that the statutes are identical, save for the Little Tucker Act’s concurrent jurisdiction provision for claims not exceeding $10,000
  • \explicitly reject[ing] the argument that `the violation of any statute or regulation . . . automatically creates a cause of action against the United States for money damages' \
  • appointed employee of AAFES may not bring suit under the Tucker Act relying on implicit-in-fact contract based on AAFES personnel regulations
  • Tucker Act does not grant jurisdiction over suits brought by appointed employees

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Judges: Blackmun, Brennan, White, Marshall, Powell, Rehnquist, Stevens, O'Connor, Burger

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