Estado Libre Asociado (Departamento de Salud) v. Comision Estatal de Elecciones

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• Tucker Act provided jurisdiction in the Court of Claims for recovery of money that the government illegally collected from the plaintiff as fines under void convictions and sentences
• plaintiff could recover under the Tucker Act a fine assessed under an unconstitutional statute
• plaintiff could recover under the Tucker Act a fine assessed under an unconstitutional statute
• Court of Claims possesses Tucker Act jurisdiction to determine that court-martial judgments are void for lack of jurisdiction and direct return of court-imposed monetary fines — not necessary to obtain reversal of prior judgment
• fine assessed pursuant to unconstitutional court-martial was an illegal exaction on two bases: (1) court-martial entered judgment for the fine pursuant to the Articles of War— federal legislation which did not provide for its exaction, and (2

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