Melvin E. SALVESON, an individual, and Electronic Currency Corporation, a corporation, Plaintiffs,
v.
WESTERN STATES BANKCARD ASSOCIATION, et al., Defendants.
R. C. I. A. LOCAL 1288 CREDIT UNION, et al., Plaintiffs,
v.
ALLIED FINANCE ADJUSTERS CONFERENCE, INC., et al., Defendants.
United States District Court, N. D. California.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
October 22, 1981.
October 22, 1981.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Joseph M. Alioto, Lawrence John Appel, Alioto & Alioto, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs Salveson etc.
Francis O. Scarpulla, Stephen V. Scarpulla, Scarpulla & Scarpulla, Philip Paul Bowe, Davis, Cowell & Bowe, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs R.C.I.A. Local.
Lasky, Haas, Cohler & Munter, Richard Haas, R. Stewart Baird, Jr., San Francisco, Cal., for Western States Bankcard Association.
Debevoise, Plimpton, Lyons & Gates, Andrew C. Hartzell, Jr., Paul E. Konney, James A. Reaves, Adrienne Hale, Mitchell A. Karlan, New York City, and Steinhart, Falconer & Morgenstein, James T. Fousekis, Gordon P. Erspamer, San Francisco, Cal., for MasterCard International, Incorporated (formerly Interbank Card Association).
Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, Malcolm T. Dungan, Michael B. Flesch, San Francisco, Cal., for Wells Fargo Bank.
Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, M. Laurence Popofsky, Paul Alexander, Terry E. Sikes, San Francisco, Cal., for Crocker National Bank, N. A.
Severson, Werson, Berke & Melchior, Robert L. Lofts, Steven W. Waldo, San Francisco, Cal., for United California Bank.
Pillsbury, Madison & Sutro, John B. Bates, Terrence A. Callan, James A. DiBoise, San Francisco, Cal., for Bank of California, N. A.
Broad, Khourie & Schulz, Royce H. Schulz, Timothy F. Perry, San Francisco, Cal., for Visa, Inc.
Richard E. Neuman, San Francisco, Cal., for David Kikkert & Associates, Inc., U. S. Recovery Service, Inc., Affiliated Recovery Services, National Auto Recovery Bureau, L. A. Walker Co. of California, Inc. and National Finance Adjusters, Inc.
United States District Court, N. D. California.
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER
SCHWARZER, District Judge.
A. Introduction
These actions bring before the Court issues concerning the removal from state to federal court of actions asserting antitrust claims. The increasing frequency with which these issues arise in the district court, their complexity, and the confusion which they tend to generate warrant giving them comprehensive consideration here. Although these two actions are not otherwise...
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