General Order No. 1

General Order No. 1 of the United States Claims Court, October 7, 1982, provided that:

"The United States Claims Court inherits substantially all of the jurisdiction, caseload and grand tradition of the United States Court of Claims. To assure continuity in carrying out the business of the court, and to promote the interests of justice and service to the public, it is ordered as follows:

"(1) All published decisions of the United States Court of Claims are accepted as binding precedent for the United States Claims Court, unless and until modified by decisions of the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit or the United States Supreme Court.

"(2) Every order, decision and ruling entered by the trial or appellate divisions of the United States Court of Claims in cases now pending before the United States Claims Court is adopted in its entirety and will be given full force and effect, unless and until a judge of the United States Claims Court determines such order should be modified, amended or rescinded.

"(3) The United States Claims Court will be the custodian of all records of the United States Court of Claims.

"(4) The United States Claims Court will provide for the publication of all United States Court of Claims decisions which have been certified for publication in the United States Court of Claims Reporter."