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GIORDANO v. ROUDEBUSH

Nos. 79-1189, 79-1331.

617 F.2d 511 (1980)

Robert P. GIORDANO, M. D., Cross-Appellee, v. Richard L. ROUDEBUSH, Administrator of Veterans' Affairs; Veterans' Administration; John Chase, Eugene Caffey, Jr., Louis Polumbo; T. E. Corcoran; Richard Bjork; Robert Pepiot; and the United States of America; M. D. Pareira, Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided March 26, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard G. Santi, Ahlers, Cooney, Dorweiler, Haynie & Smith, Des Moines, Iowa, argued, Lance A. Coppock, Des Moines, Iowa, on brief, for Robert P. Giordano.

Robert S. Greenspan, Atty., Dept. of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, D. C., argued, Stuart E. Schiffer, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Roxanne Barton Conlin, U. S. Atty., Des Moines, Iowa and William Kanter and Robert S. Greenspan, Washington, D. C., on brief, for Richard L. Roudebush, et al.

Lawrence Speiser, Speiser & Kolker, Washington, D. C., for amicus curiae, Nat. Ass'n of VA Physicians.

Before LAY, Chief Judge, HEANEY and HEANLEY, Circuit Judges.

LAY, Chief Judge.

Two basic issues are involved in this appeal from the federal district court: (1) whether the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. § 1491, gives the Court of Claims exclusive jurisdiction of plaintiff's claim for reinstatement to his position with the Veterans' Administration when the back pay sought against the United States exceeds $10,000; and (2) assuming the district court had jurisdiction whether it correctly...

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