abstract:The Court of Claims was a federal court that heard claims against the United States government. It was established in 1855 as the Court of Claims, renamed in 1948 to the United States Court of Claims (), and abolished in 1982.
The United Stateshascalled on China to respectthe findings ofarbitrationcourt in theHagueearlierthis yearwhichinvalidated its vast territorialclaims in the strategicwaterway.
Gloria Wilson Shelton, of Maryland, to be a Judge of the UnitedStatesCourtof Appeals for Veterans Claims for the term of fifteen years, vice a new position created by Public Law 110-389, approved October 10, 2008, which was sent to the Senate on June 22, 2011.