Inside Trade

November 6, 2025

Class-action suit seeks refunds of all IEEPA tariffs under CIT ruling

By David LaRoss  / June 11, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A Nevada importer has launched a class-action suit that would mandate refunds for “all people” who have paid tariffs that President Trump imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, following on the Court of International Trade’s recent ruling that the duties are unlawful. Just one day after a three-judge CIT panel handed down its May 28 decision overturning Trump’s IEEPA tariffs, a “start-up skincare company” called Chapter1 LLC filed its own suit seeking repayment of not only a $26,911...

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