DC Court Stays Class Action Suit Contesting IEEPA Tariffs
The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia last week stayed a proposed class action lawsuit contesting the legality of tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act pending the Supreme Court's resolution of the lead cases on the issue (Smirk & Dagger Games v. Donald J. Trump, D.D.C. # 1:25-03857).
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The suit was filed last month by libertarian group the New Civil Liberties Alliance on behalf of a group of companies led by Smirk & Dagger Games (see 2511050055). The New Civil Liberties Alliance filed for class certification in the case on behalf of two plaintiff classes: small businesses that import from China and small businesses that import from the EU.
While the lawsuit was filed in the D.C. court, hundreds of other companies have been filing lawsuits of their own in the Court of International Trade to protect their right to a refund of the IEEPA tariffs should the Supreme Court strike down them down. Like the D.C. court, though, the trade court stayed all cases contesting the IEEPA tariffs pending the high court's decision in the lead cases (see 2512230071).