Third Circuit· 2/9/1979

Jaffee v. United States

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592 F.2d 712
1979 U.S. App. LEXIS 17019

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plea for injunction ordering United States to provide medical care for soldiers exposed to radiation was a “disguised claim for damages”
“We . . . hold that section 702, when it applies, waives sovereign immunity in ‘nonstatutory’ review of agency action under section 1331.”
“A plaintiff cannot transform a claim for damages into an equitable action by asking for an injunction that orders the payment of money.”
“Because Jaffee has sued the Government itself, Bivens (v. Six Unknown Named Agents of FBI, 403 U.S. 388, 91 S.Ct. 1999, 29 L.Ed.2d 619 (1971)) and Butz (v. Economou, 438 U.S. 478, 98 S.Ct. 2894, 57 L.Ed.2d 895 (1978

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