Federal court rejects delay on tariff refund cases

Investing.com -- A federal appeals court on Monday denied the Trump administration's request to delay proceedings in the legal battle over tariff refunds for importers, following the US Supreme Court's decision to strike down the president's tariff policy.

The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit issued an order to immediately reopen legal proceedings and return the case to the US Court of International Trade. The court rejected the government's request for a pause of up to four months.

A group of small businesses whose case was heard by the Supreme Court had asked the Federal Circuit in Washington, DC, to quickly conclude its portion of the litigation to allow them to pursue refunds without delay.

More than 2,000 tariff lawsuits have been filed, with nearly all submitted to the trade court in New York after the Supreme Court heard arguments in November. The trade court had paused all cases pending the Supreme Court's decision.

The Federal Circuit did not provide a written explanation for its decision, and no dissent was recorded.

The US Justice Department had requested that the appeals court wait not only for the Supreme Court to finalize its judgment, but also to give the political branches time to consider their options.

The Supreme Court typically takes 32 days to formally close a case. The government had asked the appeals court to maintain the hold for an additional 90 days before returning the case to the trade court.

On Feb. 20, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that Trump's use of a 1977 emergency powers law to impose global tariffs was unlawful.

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