Western Securities Company, a Subsidiary of Universal Mortgage Corporation v. Edward J. Derwinski, Secretary of Veterans Affairs

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• holding that an identical provision directed at the Secretary of Veterans' Affairs \is better read as a waiver of sovereign immunity than as a grant of jurisdiction\
• holding that an identical provision directed at the Secretary of Veterans’ Affairs “is better read as a waiver of sovereign immunity than as a grant of jurisdiction”
• stating that the “sue or be sued” clause “permit[s] the suit to go forward notwithstanding that it is a suit against a federal agency”
• stating that the “sue or be sued” clause “per- mit[s] the suit to go forward notwithstanding that it is a suit against a federal agency”
• “Suits to enforce contracts with federal agencies are governed by federal common law . . . .”
• statutes that allocate federal jurisdiction over contract claims against government between district courts and Claims Court do not constitute exclusive or exhaustive grant of jurisdiction over such claims

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