tucker act

Tucker Act. A federal law enacted in 1887 to ameliorate the inadequacies of the original authority of the Court of Claims by extending that court’s jurisdiction to include (1) claims founded on the Constitution, a federal statute, or a federal regulation, and (2) damage claims in cases not arising in tort. [Cases: Federal Courts 1071.]

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资深译员维皓，毕业于一所培养高级翻译以及跨文化事务专家的精英大学，专注翻译各种与反垄断诉讼有关的法律文件。