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FedEx Sues US for Refund on Trump's Emergency Tariffs
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Posted on February 23, 2026
2 min readLast updated: April 2, 2026
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2 min readLast updated: April 2, 2026
Add as preferred source on GoogleFedEx sued in the U.S. Court of International Trade to recover IEEPA duties after the Supreme Court ruled the tariffs illegal. The case names CBP and the U.S.; Crowell & Moring represents FedEx.
By Lisa Baertlein and Mike Scarcella
LOS ANGELES, Feb 23 (Reuters) - Global transportation company FedEx on Monday filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade seeking a refund for President Donald Trump's emergency tariffs, which the U.S. Supreme Court deemed illegal last week.
"Plaintiffs seek for themselves a full refund from Defendants of all IEEPA duties Plaintiffs have paid to the United States," FedEx said in the lawsuit, referring to tariffs Trump imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.
FedEx did not provide the dollar value of the refund it is seeking.
FedEx in its lawsuit named U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the agency's commissioner Rodney Scott and the United States of America as defendants. CBP and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
Washington, D.C.-based Crowell & Moring is representing FedEx in the lawsuit and referred Reuters to the company, which did not immediately comment.
Crowell & Moring also represents discount club retailer Costco, cosmetics firm Revlon, eyewear seller EssilorLuxottica and other companies in IEEPA tariff refund cases.
(Reporting by Lisa Baertlein and Mike Scarcella;)
FedEx filed a lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade seeking refunds of IEEPA duties it paid, following the Supreme Court’s decision that the emergency tariffs were unlawful.
On Feb. 20, 2026, the Supreme Court ruled that tariffs imposed under IEEPA were not authorized by law, prompting companies like FedEx to pursue refunds of duties paid.
The lawsuit names U.S. Customs and Border Protection, CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott, and the United States of America.
Washington, D.C.-based law firm Crowell & Moring represents FedEx and is also advising other importers pursuing IEEPA tariff refunds.
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