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'TNTED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
OFFICE OF GENERAL COUNSEL B-196633 (RCP)
June 15, 1981 -
The Honorable Thomas S. Martin
Acting Assistant Attorney General
Civil Division
United States Department of Justice
Attention: Donnie Hoover, Assistant Director
Commercial Litigation Branch
Dear Mr. Martin:
Subject: Oscar G. Adams Jr. v. United States 4Lif
, et a /
USDC D Utah, CiPvil Action No. C-81-0214W
On March 30, 1981, we received the Complaint and
Summons in the above-captioned case which names The
Comptroller General, ELMER B. STAATZ [sic] as a de-
fendant to the action. By letter dated April 17, 1981,
we requested that the Department of Justice represent
the Comptroller General in this action, and we enclosed
copies of the Complaint and Summons. We also advised
that we would be forwarding a substantive litigation
report, and that is the purpose of this letter.
Initially of a procedural nature, we believe an
objection may be made to the jurisdiction of the
district court to entertain this cause. The plaintiff
seeks money damages (backpay) from the Government in
excess of $10,000 (see paragraph 3 of the complaint).
Under 28 U.S.C. § 1346(a)(2) (the Tucker Act), the
district court does not have jurisdiction over claims
against the United States exceeding $10,000; rather,
the Court of Claims has exclusive jurisdiction. (See
28 U.S.C. § 1491.) See generally, Polos v. United
States, 556 F. 2d 903, 905 (8th Cir., 1977). While
5 U.S.C. § 5596 (the Back Pay Act) generally addresses](ViewImageLocal?handle=hein.gao/gaobacuvd0001&div=1&collection=&method=preview&ext=.png&size=3)