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Nintendo Sues U.S. Government for Tariff Refunds

106 pointsby coloneltcbyesterday at 9:29 PM45 commentsview on HN

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DDayMaceyesterday at 10:31 PM

Wow a Nintendo lawsuit that doesn't bother me ;-)

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rectangyesterday at 10:28 PM

This court filing document appears to have been posted on Scribd to serve as a reference for an article by Nicole Carpenter on Aftermath which provides context for Nintendo's case:

https://aftermath.site/nintendo-tariffs-sue/

loegyesterday at 10:05 PM

Why is this in particular more notable than the other thousands of companies suing for tariff relief? (In particular, V.O.S. Selections.)

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computer23yesterday at 10:52 PM

Please stop using Scribd, which paywalls public documents.

Here's the Courtlistener docket: https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/72373888/nintendo-of-am...

akudhayesterday at 10:37 PM

Can someone ELI5 how this would work? Is it possible to accurately calculate the amount, with the tariff percentages changing on a weekly basis? If companies do get refunds, do they just keep it? After all, it was the end user who paid/pays, isn’t it?

Also, do/will these companies drop prices if/when tariffs are reversed?

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barbazooyesterday at 10:33 PM

I'm assuming the importer which paid the tariff would be the one trying to get the money back, is that the case here for Nintendo are they the importer here?

joe_mambayesterday at 10:25 PM

So if they win, the US taxpayer will pay for it?

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