District Judge Jacqueline Corley ruled California should have sued in the Court of International Trade, which has jurisdiction over tariff disputes.

Legal battles intensify over Trump's tariffs, with the administration appealing court decisions that challenge the use of IEEPA for economic policy enforcement.

The rulings against the levies in two federal courts – the U.S. Court of International Trade and the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C. -- centered on Trump's unprecedented invocation of the International Economic Emergency Powers Act as a legal justification for tariffs.