Federal Practice Manual for Legal Aid Attorneys: 2.5.4 Tucker Act -- Damage Claims Against the Federal Government
The Tucker Act gives the U.S. Court of Federal Claims jurisdiction:
. . . to render judgment upon any claim against the United States founded either upon the Constitution, or any Act of Congress or any regulation of an executive department, or upon any express or implied contract with the United States, or for liquidated or unliquidated damages in cases not sounding in tort.225