Blank Rome – The second Trump administration has terminated a slew of federal contracts and grants. This, predictably, has led to litigation, mostly filed in the U.S. District Courts where judges can grant equitable relief. The government has been arguing that these cases belong in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, where only monetary damages are available. In April, the Supreme Court issued an emergency stay of a District Court’s preliminary injunction in a case challenging grant terminations, with the five-justice majority suggesting that the termination case belonged in the Court of Federal Claims. But since then, two U.S. District Courts and the Ninth Circuit have ruled that there is indeed district court jurisdiction in cases challenging contract and grant terminations.
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