Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Paul K. Stecker, Buffalo, N.Y. (Phillips, Lytle, Hitchcock, Blaine & Huber, Allen R. Bivens, Buffalo, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-appellant Marine Midland Bank, N.A.
Michael R. Wolford, Rochester, N.Y. (Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, John R. Tyler, Jr., Paul S. Speranza, Jr., Rochester, N.Y., of counsel), for defendant-cross-appellee, Wegmans Food Markets, Inc.
Kevin S. Cooman, Rochester, N.Y. (Greisberger, Zicari, McConville, Cooman & Morin, P.C., Richard A. Dollinger, Rochester, N.Y., of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees and cross-appellants, Independent Bankers Ass'n of New York State, Inc. and The Canandaigua Nat. Bank and Trust Co.
William Hughes Mulligan, Vaughn C. Williams, Lawrence J. Block, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, New York City, of counsel, for Mastercard Intern., Inc., amicus curiae.
Richard K. Willard, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., Civ. Div., U.S. Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., L. Robert Griffin, Ronald R. Glancz, Eugene M. Katz, Attys., Office of Comptroller of the Currency, Washington, D.C., Richard M. Ashton, Carl V. Howard, Attys., Bd. of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C., Robert N. Davenport, Madeline J. Rivlin, Attys., Federal Reserve Bank of New York, New York City, of counsel, for the Comptroller of the Currency and Bd. of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, amici curiae.
David Crump, Professor of Law, South Texas College of Law, Houston, Tex., Roger Boyle, Robert Steven Anderson, Boyle, Vogeler & Haimes, New York City, of counsel, for The Legal Foundation of America, amicus curiae.
Paul A. Allen, Vice President & General Counsel, Plus System, Inc., Denver, Colo., Donald I. Baker, Sutherland, Asbill & Brennan, Washington, D.C., of counsel, for Plus System, Inc., amicus curiae.
Roland E. Brandel, Steven S. Rosenthal, Philip D. Bartz, Morrison & Foerster, Washington, D.C., Drew V. Tidwell, Marcia Sullivan, Consumer Bankers Ass'n, Arlington, Va., of counsel, for Consumer Bankers Ass'n and The California Bankers Clearing House Ass'n, amici curiae.
Stanton R. Koppel, Visa U.S.A. Inc., San Francisco, Cal., John D. Hawke, Jr., James R. McAlee, Mark J. Spooner, Mark P. Gergen, Arnold & Porter, Washington, D.C., of counsel, for Visa U.S.A. Inc., amicus curiae.
Noel H. Nation, P.A., Maura J. Abeln, Marianne Hurd, Steel, Hector & Davis, Miami, Fla., of counsel, for Florida Interchange Group, Inc., Georgia Interchange Network, Inc., Mid Atlantic Exchange, Inc., Money Station, Inc., EFT Group, Inc., amici curiae.
Henry M. Polmer, Lucinda O. McConathy, G. Michael Epperson, Bell, Boyd & Lloyd, Washington, D.C., of counsel, for Electronic Funds Transfer Ass'n, amicus curiae.
Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge and NEWMAN and PRATT, Circuit Judges.