FedEx sues U.S. searching for full refund of Trump tariffs days after Supreme Court docket ruling


A employee unloads packages from a FedEx truck on Cyber Monday in New York, US, on Monday, Dec. 1, 2025.

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Federal Specific on Monday sued the U.S. authorities, searching for a “full refund” of the cash the delivery big paid for tariffs unilaterally imposed final yr by President Donald Trump, which the Supreme Court docket dominated final week had been unlawful.

FedEx’s go well with seems to be the primary filed by a significant American firm searching for a refund for tariffs after Friday’s Supreme Court docket choice.

Different firms filed lawsuits staking claims to their refunds earlier than the excessive courtroom dominated that the tariffs Trump imposed underneath the Worldwide Emergency Financial Powers Act are unlawful.

These fits, whose plaintiffs embody retail warehouse membership big Costco, stay pending on the U.S. Court docket of Worldwide Commerce in New York, the identical courtroom the place FedEx filed its lawsuit.

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The Supreme Court docket, in its ruling on Friday, mentioned the Court docket of Worldwide Commerce has “unique jurisdiction” over the IEEPA tariffs.

“Plaintiffs look for themselves a full refund from Defendants of all IEEPA duties Plaintiffs have paid to the USA,” Federal Specific Corp, and its related firm, FedEx Logistics, say within the new lawsuit.

The 11-page grievance names as defendants U.S. Customs and Border Safety, which collects tariffs, its commissioner, Rodney Scott, and the U.S. authorities.

The go well with doesn’t say how a lot FedEx has paid in IEEPA tariffs since Trump imposed them on most U.S. buying and selling companions final yr.