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US Federal Circuit issues early mandate after Supreme Court rules Trump IEEPA tariffs unlawful, denying stay and expediting Court of International Trade refund claims

Published on: 09 March 2026

Published by a Law360 reporter

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The court has approved a bid from the companies, among them wine importer VOS Selections Inc, for prompt issuance of the mandate, enabling them to sue for repayments of tariffs that the US Supreme Court ruled unlawful just last month.

The Federal Circuit's directive also encompasses a suit brought by twelve states, led by Oregon, which the Court merged with the companies' matter last year.

It is time for the government to hand over tariff takings as pledged, Oregon Attorney General Dan Rayfield told Law360 on 2 March 2026.

'The federal government informed the court that, then, if we succeeded in our tariff action, they would return the unlawfully collected tariffs, with interest,' Rayfield said.

'We prevailed. It is time for them to deliver.'

The government relied on that assurance—repaying the tariffs with interest if it lost—as grounds to pause the Trade Court's injunction, Ilya Somin, a George Mason University law professor who acted for the companies, told Law360 on 2 March 2026 in the tariff case...

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