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re: Federal Circuit clears path for tariff refunds

Posted on 3/3/26 at 11:07 am to
Posted by NC_Tigah
Make Orwell Fiction Again
Member since Sep 2003
137214 posts
Posted on 3/3/26 at 11:07 am to
quote:

Every dollar paid was lost profit.
Not if consumers covered the entire loss, as TDS folks assert
Posted by BBONDS25
Member since Mar 2008
58671 posts
Posted on 3/3/26 at 11:12 am to
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All of the executive orders issuing tariffs under the IEEPA have been vacated, and refunds of something between $130 - 175 billion are due. The thousands of refund cases pending before the CIT are free to move forward.


The Supreme Court remanded the refund issue to the district court. Your OP is very misleading.
Posted by LawTalkingGuy
Member since Mar 2025
147 posts
Posted on 3/3/26 at 11:18 am to
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The Supreme Court remanded the refund issue to the district court. Your OP is very misleading.


SCOTUS merely affirmed the Federal Circuit opinion. The plaintiffs filed a motion in the Federal Circuit to lift its stay of the CIT ruling, and the DOJ asked for 90 more days so.it could figure out what to do.

Federal Circuit lifted its stay and put mandates in force.

Federal Circuit Order

quote:

O R D E R
Appellees move for the court to immediately issue the
mandates in the above-referenced appeals. Appellants
oppose and cross-move for an order staying the issuance of
the mandates.
IT IS ORDERED THAT:
(1) Appellees’ motion for immediate issuance of the
mandates in these appeals is granted.
(2) Appellants’ cross-motion to stay the issuance of the
mandates is denied.
(3) The stay of the mandates entered August 29, 2025,
is dissolved. The mandates shall issue forthwith.


The matter of injunctions and refunds is now properly before the CIT.

The CIT Order vacating the executive orders had been stayed, but its now in force.

This post was edited on 3/3/26 at 11:22 am
Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
114069 posts
Posted on 3/3/26 at 11:44 am to
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It's the amount they had seized via illegal tariff.

This isn't a tort claim


Lol

Those rules apply regardless.

A whole lot of people are about to commit fraud
Posted by boosiebadazz
Member since Feb 2008
85020 posts
Posted on 3/3/26 at 11:49 am to
Be careful. That poster you’re talking to has an LLM
Posted by SlowFlowPro
With populists, expect populism
Member since Jan 2004
471784 posts
Posted on 3/3/26 at 11:53 am to
"The damage" is established by the money taken via illegal tariffs.

"The extent of the damage" is the amount taken via illegal tariffs.

quote:

A whole lot of people are about to commit fraud

By showing tariffs were illegally taken and the amount taken?
Posted by LegendInMyMind
Member since Apr 2019
73571 posts
Posted on 3/3/26 at 11:57 am to
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Are these companies going to issue reciprocal refunds to their customers for the increased costs they passed on?

This isn't an issue because no costs were passed on to the consumer.
Posted by hogcard1964
Alabama
Member since Jan 2017
18763 posts
Posted on 3/3/26 at 12:08 pm to
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Having the tariffs ruled illegal was bad for the admin.



Posted by udtiger
Over your left shoulder
Member since Nov 2006
114069 posts
Posted on 3/3/26 at 12:10 pm to
I submit a claim to an insurance company that I was a victim of fraud to the tune of $1 million.

I have documents from my bank showing the fraudulent $1 million w/d.

I don't tell the insurance company that the fraudster actually paid me the $ back. So I actually have no damage.

What would you call that?
Posted by Flats
Member since Jul 2019
27423 posts
Posted on 3/3/26 at 12:14 pm to
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I don't tell the insurance company that the fraudster actually paid me the $ back.


That is exactly what’s supposed to happen with the court ruling. It hasn’t yet. I agree with you; if the federal government pays someone back and they file again, that would be fraud.
Posted by LawTalkingGuy
Member since Mar 2025
147 posts
Posted on 3/3/26 at 1:26 pm to
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Be careful. That poster you’re talking to has an LLM


Good. They will understand federal court procedure.
Posted by northshorebamaman
Cochise County AZ
Member since Jul 2009
37987 posts
Posted on 3/3/26 at 5:24 pm to
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He said could.

A party seeking damages has to prove:

a) they suffered the damage
And
b) the extent of that damage.

This is not hard.

Some businesses didnt pay full tariffs (exporter/foreign manufacturers ate some or all of it). Some businesses passed on some or all of the tariff to their customers. Thisnwould reduce or eliminate their claim for refund. This is more complex than is being represented.
You just mixed two different concepts together. Refunds and compensation for damages are not the same. A refund simply returns money that shouldn’t have been taken. Compensation for damages is payment for a proven loss.

Think of a lemonade stand. The kid running the stand goes to buy lemons and gets charged $2 per lemon when the price was supposed to be $1. Later the mistake is discovered. The fix is simple: the seller gives the kid $1 back for each lemon that was overcharged. Nobody asks whether the kid raised lemonade prices or made a profit that day. None of that matters. The kid paid money that shouldn’t have been charged, so the extra dollar is returned.

Now imagine one of the lemonade customers says, “Wait, you charged me more for lemonade because your lemons were expensive, so I deserve that dollar.”

That’s a completely different issue. The refund for the lemons is between the lemon seller and the kid who bought them. If a customer thinks the lemonade price harmed them, that dispute would be between the customer and the lemonade stand. It has nothing to do with the store correcting the original overcharge for the lemons.

The store doesn't issue the refund to the lemonade stand customers.

A refund corrects a mistaken charge by returning money to the person who paid it. These are refunds.
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