SHAW v. GWATNEY

No. 85-1514.

795 F.2d 1351 (1986)

Wallace B. SHAW, Appellee, v. Harold GWATNEY and John O. Marsh, Jr., Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Constance Wynn, Washington, D.C., for appellants.

James L. Sloan, Little Rock, Ark., for appellee.

Before ARNOLD, JOHN R. GIBSON and WOLLMAN, Circuit Judges.


WOLLMAN, Circuit Judge.

The primary issue in this case is whether a district court, presented with a claim for less than $10,000 accrued back pay against the United States, has jurisdiction pursuant to the Tucker Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1346(a)(2), 1491 (1982), to ultimately award back pay in an amount greater than that statutory maximum. The District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas1 made such an award in reinstating Wallace...

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