METRIC SYSTEMS CORP. v. U.S., DEPT. OF AIR FORCE

No. 87-30280 WEA.

673 F.Supp. 439 (1987)

METRIC SYSTEMS CORPORATION, Plaintiff, v. The UNITED STATES, DEPARTMENT OF the AIR FORCE, Defendant.

United States District Court, N.D. Florida, Pensacola Division.

October 13, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Rankin Tippins, Corporate Counsel, Metric Systems Corp., Ft. Walton Beach, Fla., and Joseph T. Casey, Washington, D.C., for plaintiff.

Michael P. Finney, Asst. U.S. Atty., Pensacola, Fla., and Roger D. Graham, Lt. Colonel, USAF, Contract Law Div., Washington, D.C., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM DECISION

ARNOW, Senior District Judge.

Before the court is defendant's motion to dismiss the complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The contention is that exclusive jurisdiction in a preaward contract case such as this lies in the United States Claims Court. Argument of counsel has been heard.

28 U.S.C. § 1491(a)(1) gives the United States Claims Court jurisdiction "to render judgment upon any claim against the United...

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