Washington, March 5 -- Companies in the United States that paid tariffs invalidated by the Supreme Court in February are legally entitled to refunds, a federal judge has ruled, marking another setback for the tariff policy introduced by US President Donald Trump.

According to a news report by CBS News, Judge Richard Eaton of the U.S. Court of International Trade in New York ruled on Wednesday that US importers were "entitled to benefit" from the Supreme Court's February 20 decision, which held that President Trump lacked the authority to impose sweeping tariffs last year under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA).

Eaton was ruling on a case brought by Atmus Filtration, a Nashville, Tennessee-based company that manufac...