SNIADO v. BANK AUSTRIA AG

No. 00 Civ. 9123(AGS).

174 F.Supp.2d 159 (2001)

John L. SNIADO, III, on behalf of himself and all others similarly situated, Plaintiff, v. BANK AUSTRIA AG, Raiffeisen Zentralbank Österreich AG, Erste Bank Der Österreichisechen Sparkassen AG, Bank Für Arbeit Und Wirtschaft AG, Österreichische Postsparkasse, Raiffeisenlandesbank Northern Austria-Vienna, Northern Austria Landesbank-Hypothekenbank, Österreichische Volksbanken AG, ABN AMRO Bank N.V., GWK Bank N.V., Fortis N.V., ING Bank N.V., Banca Di Roma SpA, Banca Nazionale Del Lavoro SpA, Banca Intesa, Deutsche Bank AG, and Unicredito Italiano SpA, Defendants.

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

November 30, 2001.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bernard Persky, Brbara J. Hart, Goodkind, Labaton, Rudoff & Sucharow LLP, New York City, for Plaintiff.

John H. Shenefield, Jonathan M. Rich, Gregory P. Asciolla, John F. Terzaken, II, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Washington, DC, John D. Gordan III, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York City, for Bank Austria AG.

Paul A. Engelmayer, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, James W. Lowe, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, DC, for Raiffeisen Zentralbank Osterreich AG, Raiffeisenlandesbank Northern Austria-Vienna AG, Northern Austria Landesbank-Hypothekenbank AG, and Osterreichische Volksbanjen AG.

Allen M. Unger, James D. Arden, Sidley, Austin, Brown & Wood, New York City, for Erste Bank der oesterreichischen Sparkassen AG.

Dennis P. Orr, Hector Gonzalez, Mayer, Brown & Platt, New York City, Steven R. Gilford (of counsel), Chicago, IL, for ABN AMRO Bank N.Y. Inc.

Robert A. Horowitz, Karen Y. Bitar, Greenberg & Traurig, New York City, for Fortis N.V. and GWK Bank N.V.

Jerome S. Fortinsky, Brian H. Polovoy, Shearman & Sterling, New York City, for ING Bank N.V.

Michael S. Shuster, White & Case LLP, New York City, for Banca di Roma SpA.

Gordon B. Nash, Jr., Gardner, Carton & Douglas, Chicago, IL, for Banca Nazionale del Lavoro SpA.

Richard A. Martin, Kevin J. Toner, Heller, Ehrman, White & McAuliffe, New York City, for IntesaBci, SpA.

Jeffrey Barist, Brian D. Hail, Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy, New York City, for Deutsche Bank AG.

Richard L. Mattiaccio, Pavia & Harcourt, New York City, for Unicredito Italiano SpA.


MEMORANDUM ORDER

SCHWARTZ, District Judge.

In this antitrust action, plaintiff alleges that defendants conspired to fix the fees charged for exchanging one European currency for another European currency. Plaintiff seeks to represent a class of American individuals and businesses who paid supra-competitive fees for exchanging currencies that make up the Euro. Defendants move to dismiss the amended complaint for lack of subject matter jurisdiction...

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