U.S. v. VISA U.S.A., INC.

No. 98 CIV. 7076(BSJ).

163 F.Supp.2d 322 (2001)

UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff, v. VISA U.S.A. INC., Visa International Corp., and MasterCard International Incorporated, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

October 9, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John M. Nannes, Melvin A. Schwarz, Joel I. Klein, Rebecca P. Dick, Susan L. Edelheit, Steven Semerano, Kurt Shaffert, Scott A. Scheele, Jeffrey I. Steger, Sean T. Fox, Ahmed Taha, M.J. Moltenbrey, U.S. Dept. of Justice, for U.S.

Richard A. Martin, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, L.L.P., New York City, for VISA U.S.A., Inc.

Eugene F. Bannigan, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, New York City, for VISA Intern. Corp.

Martin L. Seidel, Rogers & Wells, New York City, for MASTERCARD Intern. Inc.

Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, LLP, Jonathan M. Jacobson, Abid Qureschi, Jason Kural, Christine Doniak, filed Amicus brief on behalf of American Express.


Decision

JONES, District Judge.

INTRODUCTION

This civil action was brought by the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., against the defendants, VISA U.S.A. INC., ("Visa U.S.A."), VISA INTERNATIONAL CORP., ("Visa International") (collectively "Visa") and MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, ("MasterCard"). It involves the U.S. credit and charge card industry, which has only four significant network services...

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