Federal Circuit· 12/5/1994

Kanemoto v. Reno

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41 F.3d 641
1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 34083

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holding that a plaintiff “cannot escape” Tucker Act jurisdiction “merely by framing her claim for relief in declaratory or injunctive terms” if it “at bottom seek[s] only payment”
explaining that this Court “cannot entertain claims for injunctive relief or specific performance, except in narrowly defined, statutorily provided circumstances”
holding that the grant of restitution to those of Japanese ancestry placed in internment camps during World War II under the Civil Liberties Act of 1988 to be money-mandating because unlike Bowen, “a ‘naked money judgment’ would provide Kanemoto an adequate remedy.”
claim for restitution by Japanese internees included argument that failure to pay violated the Equal Protection and Due Process Clauses
“The Tucker Act is a general waiver of sovereign immunity for monetary claims against the United States.”
“[T]he decision by the Court of Federal Claims would ‘declare’ the proper interpretation of the statute.”

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