Filed Date: Nov. 28, 2025
Case Ongoing
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[This summary is temporary while we research the case.]
On November 28, 2025, Plaintiff, a U.S. importer subjected to the challenged duties, brought this lawsuit in the U.S. Court of International Trade against U.S. Customs and Border Protection and its commissioner, as well as the United States, in order to challenge a suite of unlawful Trump Administration tariff orders. The "IEEPA orders" dramatically raised the cost of machinery and components sourced globally, pursuant to a series of 2025 executive orders issued by the Trump administration. Plaintiff argued that the President’s attempts to justify tariffs through drug-trafficking-related emergencies or trade-deficit emergencies exceeded statutory and constitutional limits. Plaintiff requested declaratory and injunctive relief, plus refunds of all unlawfully collected tariffs.
This case is ongoing.
For PACER's information on parties and their attorneys, see: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71973233/parties/costco-wholesale-corporation-v-united-states/
Brew, John Bowers
Cannistra, Daniel
Ellis, Valerie S.
Marx, Aaron Michael
Attorney-in-Charge, Attorney-in-Charge
See docket on RECAP: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/71973233/costco-wholesale-corporation-v-united-states/
Last updated Dec. 2, 2025, 12:02 p.m.
Case Type(s):
Presidential/Gubernatorial Authority
Special Collection(s):
Trump Administration 2.0: Challenges to the Government
Key Dates
Filing Date: Nov. 28, 2025
Case Ongoing: Yes
Case Details
Other Dockets:
U.S. Court of International Trade 1:25-cv-00316
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