ROSS v. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.(USA)

Docket No. 06-4755-cv.

524 F.3d 217 (2008)

Robert ROSS, Andrea Kune, Woodrow Clark III, Herve Senequier, S. Byron Balbach Jr., Matthew Grabell, Paul Impellezzeri, on behalf of themselves and all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (USA), Capital One Bank, Capital One F.S.B., J.P. Morgan Chase & Co., Chase Bank USA, N.A., Citigroup, Inc., Citibank (South Dakota), N.A., Citibank, USA N.A., Citicorp Diners Club Inc., Universal Bank, N.A., Universal Financial Corp., Novus Credit Services, Inc., Discover Financial Services, Inc., Discover Bank, Hsbc Finance Corporation, MBNA America Bank, N.A., MBNA America Bank (Delaware), N.A., Providian Financial Corporation, Providian National Bank, Inc., Defendants-Appellees, American Express Travel Related Services Company, Interested-Party.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: April 25, 2008.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Merrill G. Davidoff, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, PA (Peter Nordberg, Charles Pearsall Goodwin, David A. Langer; Bonny E. Sweeney, Joseph D. Daley, Christopher M. Burke, Lerach Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP, San Diego, CA; Dennis Stewart, Hulett Harper Stewart, San Diego, CA, on the brief), Counsel of Record for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Robert D. Wick, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC (Charles E. Buffon, Virginia M. Rosado Desilets; Peter E. Greene, Cyrus Amir-Mokri, Peter S. Julian, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Chase Bank USA, N.A.

Paul W. Bartel, II, Davis Polk & Wardwell, New York, N.Y. (Arthur F. Golden, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees Discover Financial Services, LLC (sued under its former name, Discover Financial Services, Inc.), Discover Bank and Novus Credit Services Inc.

Benjamin R. Nagin, Sidley Austin LLP, New York, N.Y. (David F. Graham, Robert N. Hochman, Eric H. Grush, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL; John K. Van De Weert, Sidley Austin LLP, Washington, DC, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees Citigroup Inc., Citibank (South Dakota), N.A., for itself and as successor-in-interest to Universal Bank, N.A. and Citibank USA, National Association; Universal Financial Corp., and Citicorp Diners Club Inc.

Mark P. Ladner, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, N.Y. (William R. Wade-Gery, Michael H. Gifford; Christopher R. Lipsett, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, New York, NY; Daniel Squire, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP, Washington, DC, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees Bank of America, N.A. (USA), MBNA America Bank, N.A., and MBNA America (Delaware), N.A.

Andrew Frackman, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, New York, N.Y. (Edward D. Hassi, John Tully, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees Capital One Bank and Capital One, F.S.B.

George A. Cumming, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, San Francisco, CA (Kent M. Roger; Harry T. Robins, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees HSBC Finance Corporation and HSBC Bank Nevada, N.A.

Alexander Geiger, Geiger and Rothenberger, LLP, New York, N.Y. (Burt M. Rublin, Edward D. Rogers, Ballard Spahr Andrews & Ingersoll LLP, Philadelphia, PA, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellees Providian Financial Corp. and Providian National Bank.

Before: LEVAL, SOTOMAYOR, and B.D. PARKER, Circuit Judges.


B.D. PARKER, Jr., Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Pauley, J.), dismissing Plaintiffs-Appellants' antitrust claims for failure to establish standing under Article III of the United States Constitution. We consider whether mandatory arbitration clauses found in credit card contracts issued by Defendants-Appellees, assuming they are the product of illegal collusion among...

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