General Order No. 33

On October 29, 1992, the Federal Courts Administration Act of 1992, Pub. L. No. 102–572, 106 Stat. 4506 (1992), became effective. Pursuant to Title IX, the United States Claims Court is renamed the United States Court of Federal Claims. For all purposes the new name may be substituted for the previous name. It shall have the identical legal consequences. All documents, motions, orders, forms, or other written instruments shall apply to the new name as they did to the previous name. From this date forward the new name shall be used in place of the United States Claims Court. The Clerk's Office, however, will not reject any filings or pleadings because of the use of the previous name.

IT IS ORDERED, as follows:

(1) All General Orders of the former United States Claims Court are fully applicable to the United States Court of Federal Claims.

(2) Decisions of the United States Court of Federal Claims will be published in the Federal Claims Reporter and cited as "Fed. Cl." Citations to decisions of the former United States Claims Court shall continue to be cited as decisions of the United States Claims Court ("Cl. Ct.").

(3) The Rules of the United States Court of Federal Claims shall be abbreviated as "RCFC".

(4) All members in good standing of the bar of the United States Claims Court shall continue to be members of the bar of the United States Court of Federal Claims.

(5) Some of the rules do not conform to the statute. The statute will control if there is a conflict. The Court is drafting changes to the RCFC to conform the rules to the recent legislative changes. The court would welcome written comments regarding changes. All written comments should be addressed to: The Honorable John P. Wiese, Chairman, Rules Committee, 717 Madison Place, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20005.

In order to use resources efficiently, all paper stocks bearing the name "United States Claims Court" will be used until exhausted, except as change is needed.

December 4, 1992

      By the Court

      Loren A. Smith

      Chief Judge

Change of Name

References to United States Claims Court deemed to refer to United States Court of Federal Claims and references to Claims Court deemed to refer to Court of Federal Claims, see section 902(b) of Pub. L. 102–572, set out as a note under section 171 of this title.