Class Action Lawsuit Claims UPS Collected Illegal Tariffs from Importers, Consumers

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United Parcel Service Inc. (UPS) faces a proposed class action lawsuit that alleges the shipping giant, in light of a recent United States Supreme Court ruling, has collected unlawful tariffs from consumers imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

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The 11-page breach-of-contract lawsuit claims that UPS wrongfully collected tariff-related charges from consumers and increased overall shipping costs based on “now-invalid” tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), but has failed to reimburse consumers.

The case was filed on the same day as the February 20 ruling by the Supreme Court that determined that the president is not authorized to impose tariffs under IEEPA, and that many of Trump’s tariffs were “unlawful” and imposed “without statutory authority.”

Prior to the Supreme Court ruling, the class action lawsuit says, “record levels” of tariff revenue were collected on all goods imported into the United States, generating a massive $30 billion revenue in January 2026 alone, equivalent to a 304 percent increase from the previous year. Importers in the United States, the filing says, paid the tariffs to U.S. Customs and passed the costs on to consumers and importers.

While the Supreme Court ruling has ended the unlawful collection of tariffs under the IEEPA, the Court “provided no guidance regarding whether, when, or how” the federal government should return the “billions of dollars” of tariff fees collected from importers and consumers, the complaint emphasizes. The case further notes that at the time of filing, no automatic refunds had been issued to consumers by UPS.

This week, UPS rival FedEx stated that it will return to shippers and customers any tariff refund it might receive. Per NBC, more than 1,000 companies have filed suit in the U.S. Court of International Trade in an attempt to recover costs from the illegal tariffs.

The UPS tariffs lawsuit seeks to cover all United States residents who paid unlawful tariffs to the shipping and receiving company under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

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