Tariff-Paying Firms Line Up in Court to Get Paid If Trump Loses

The day before a US Supreme Court showdown over President Donald Trump’s global tariffs, yet another lawsuit contesting his trade policies hit the docket.

The timing was unusual, since it’s unlikely a judge would do anything until after the high court rules.

But a lawyer in the case said there’s a reason he brought it now, and pitched it as a class action: If the administration loses before the justices, it could give a boost to a wider swath of companies angling to recoup higher levies that Trump imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

“We want to ...