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Amazon Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Tariff Refunds
A class action lawsuit filed in Seattle on Friday accuses Amazon of failing to refund customers for costs tied to tariffs that a Supreme Court ruling later found unlawful. The suit seeks recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars.
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U.S. Supreme Court ruled the underlying tariff policy unlawful. The complaint states that Amazon is legally entitled to recover those costs from the federal government following the 6-3 Supreme Court decision. It alleges the company has not initiated the refund process and has retained the funds instead.
The suit claims Amazon generated and kept a windfall from the tariff costs passed on to consumers. It seeks refunds totaling hundreds of millions of dollars for affected customers. Shipping companies including DHL, FedEx, and UPS have begun refund processes and plan to return proceeds to customers.
U.S. government seeking recovery of tariff payments made to import products. Amazon has not issued a public response to the lawsuit as of Sunday.
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