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· 6/6/1984

Davidow v. Anderson

Citations

  • 83 Pa. Commw. 86
  • 476 A.2d 998
  • 1984 Pa. Commw. LEXIS 1567

How courts have described this case

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

  • explaining that the right a plaintiff “seeks to vindicate is not a contract right” even if the case “requires some reference to or incorporation of the contract”
  • noting that “the Court of Federal Claims has exclusive jurisdiction” over claims in which the plaintiff asserts a contractual right “and seeks ‘in essence’ more than $10,000 in monetary relief from the federal government”
  • cautioning against “creative drafting of complaints … to avoid the jurisdictional consequences of the Tucker Act” (cleaned up)
  • describing the benefits of equitable relief requested there including “the certainty of knowing whether [certain procedures] apply” and “an answer to the question whether [the government] has authority” to take certain challenged actions
  • describing the benefits of equitable relief requested there including “the certainty of knowing whether [certain procedures] apply” and “an answer to the question whether the [government] has authority” to take certain challenged actions
  • applying Megapulse, Inc. v. Lewis, 672 F.2d 959, 968 (D.C. Cir. 1982)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Barry, Blatt, MacPhail

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