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Unjust enrichment

The common-law doctrine underlying most of the IEEPA consumer class actions. Requires showing the defendant received a benefit at the plaintiff's expense under circumstances that make retention of that benefit inequitable. In the IEEPA context, plaintiffs argue that a retailer who charged customers tariff-driven surcharges and now recovers those duties from CBP has received a benefit it should not be allowed to keep.

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