re: Businesses can claim refunds for Trump tariffs ruled unconstitutional starting Monday

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How's that?

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Lawsuits are adversarial.

The only way this works out for a company is if (a) they ate the tariff costs with zero pass-thru (no liability), (b) they are too small to bring class action interest with a consumer base too stupid to realize they've paid for a corporate windfall, or (c) they circumvent suits by reimbursing customers.

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Aren't you one of the posters who thought refunds would never be issued?

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Sounds like you have someone else in mind.
Unless you misread my helping someone understand that SCOTUS would not be determining refunds, but would instead kick that can back to CIT.

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Retailers adjust their prices all the time, for a variety of reasons. If a consumer agrees to pay a high price, thats pretty much on them. You dont have a contract with Target requiring them to disclose their pricing structure.

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Not relevant ....

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In the weeks since the Court’s February 20, 2026 decision, a wave of class action lawsuits has swept across multiple industries, targeting major retailers and consumer goods companies seeking refunds. These suits pose serious legal and financial exposure. Any company that passed tariff costs on to consumers and is now pursuing refunds should treat this as an urgent priority requiring immediate legal review.

These lawsuits collectively illustrate a significant and rapidly escalating litigation risk for any company that (1) passed IEEPA tariff costs on to consumers through higher prices and (2) is now seeking or has obtained refunds from the government for those same tariffs.
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Any company that imposed tariff-related fees or increased prices in response to the now-invalidated IEEPA tariffs faces new, sprawling exposure that should be evaluated promptly.
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While companies are pursuing tariff refunds and the Trump administration is levying new global tariffs to replace what was struck down, some consumers are filing their own lawsuits seeking relief for higher prices paid because of tariffs.

Lawsuits have been filed against at least five corporations that plaintiffs say raised prices to pay for tariffs—costs set to be refunded to companies. The proposed class action suits target Costco, EssilorLuxottica (the maker of Ray-Ban sunglasses), activewear company Fabletics, UPS and FedEx.
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Did you feel the same way with the Biden vax mandate or student loan forgiveness policies? Did you want the USSC to permit those policies to remain in effect pending the administration trying another statutory avenue? I seriously doubt that.

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The federal government is taking vaccines out of peoples body or compensating them?

The federal government is making people return their student loan forgiveness or repay back interest?

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In the weeks since the Court’s February 20, 2026 decision, a wave of class action lawsuits has swept across multiple industries, targeting major retailers and consumer goods companies seeking refunds.

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LULz, again. This simply illustrates why the importers MUST seek their refunds, despite your espoused shock. They already have class action suits against them, so they better get the money lined up Since they are entitled to refunds, they cannot escape this potential liability simply by refusing to ask for their money back from the government.

Lets say you bought a massive piece of equipment from an importer, and the tarrif was over $10,000. And let's say your contract made it clear that you were reimbursing the importer for the tariff in addition to your other costs....

That importer better be working to get a refund on the tariff so they can reimburse you. If they are not, they may wind up owing you $10,000 anyway. If they apply for the refunds and for some reason they cant get the money back, then maybe they can avoid liability to you.

These consumer class action suits are similar. I think they are premature at this point, and depending on the facts may have bad legal grounds....but the retailers better make sure they get whatever refund they can just in case.

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Analysts on Wall Street are projecting huge refunds for blue-chip retailers.

According to an April 10 analysis by Citi, Walmart
is due $10.2 billion, Target
is due $2.2 billion and Nike
could get $1 billion back. Refunds are also expected for Kohl’s
at $550 million, Gap
at $400 million, and Macy’s
at $320 million, the firm found.

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These are the retailers owed the most refunds. CNBC

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LULz, again. This simply illustrates why the importers MUST seek their refunds, despite your espoused shock. They already have class action suits against them

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So you're not actually a lawyer then?
My bad. I assumed you were.

To most lawyers the meaning of the following quote would be clear:

"... a wave of class action lawsuits has swept across multiple industries, targeting major retailers and consumer goods companies seeking refunds."

Trump’s words, not mine.

Getting $$ from the US Government...good luck...lawyers about to get a billing bonanza.