Inside Trade

October 7, 2025

Insider Interview

IEEPA case plaintiffs’ lawyer says ‘different decisions’ could be looming

By David LaRoss  / May 15, 2025 at 4:30 PM
A lawyer representing plaintiffs in one of the many parallel lawsuits challenging President Trump’s use of the International Emergency Economic Powers Act to impose tariffs says he expects the cases to move quickly through lower courts, teeing up the possibility of contradictory rulings on whether the duties are lawful or even which court has the power to make that decision. “We don't know enough yet about the different schedules,” but dueling court decisions are “certainly possible,” Andrew Morris, senior litigation...

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