Federal grant recipients and beneficiaries have filed multiple suits in federal district court challenging the Trump Administration's grant cancellations. Insofar as these suits seek the disbursement or payment of promised funds, it would seem jurisdiction lies in the Court of Federal Claims. Yet the Trump Administration has not (as yet) sought to transfer any of these cases. Why not?
Professor Greg Sisk is one of the nation's foremost authorities on civil litigation with the federal government. Indeed, he wrote the hornbook on the subject. He is also the Associate Dean for Research and Pio Cardinal Laghi Distinguished Chair in Law at the University of St. Thomas School of Law.
Below is a guest post by Professor Sisk exploring this question.
