Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
ADAM D. HIRSH, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, for R. Hewitt Pate, Deputy Assistant Attorney General (Catherine G. O'Sullivan, Andrea Limmer, James R. Wade, Susan L. Edelheit, David C. Kully, Scott A. Scheele, William H. Stallings, on the brief), Washington, D.C., for Appellee.
STEPHEN V. BOMSE, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP (M. Laurence Popofsky, Dale A. Rice, Scott A. Westrich, Richard A. Martin, on the briefs), San Francisco, Cal. for Appellant Visa U.S.A., Inc.
EUGENE F. BANNIGAN, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (John H. Shenefield, Michele A. Coffey, John D. Gordan, III, Brian A. Herman, on the briefs), New York, N.Y., for Appellant Visa International Service Association.
KENNETH A. GALLO, Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells LLP (James C. Egan, Jr., Aimee H. Goldstein, Gary R. Carney, Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells LLP; Noah J. Hanft, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary, Eileen S. Simon, Vice President and Senior Litigation Counsel, MasterCard International Incorporated, on the briefs), New York, N.Y., for Appellant Mastercard International, Inc.
Ian Ayres, Yale Law School (Robert Fellmeth, Center for Public Interest Law, on the brief), New Haven, Conn., for amici curiae Gray Panthers, The American Antitrust Institute, Inc., American Association of Business Persons with Disabilities, The Consumer Alliance, Consumers First, Inc., Self-Help for the Elderly, Consumer Alliance of the Southeast, California Small Business Association, The Consumer Research Institute, The Democratic Process Center, Inc., The Center for Public Interest Law, Consumer Fraud Watch, Americans for Competitive Telecommunications, Wireless Consumers Alliance, Inc., Electric Consumers' Alliance, Congress of California Seniors, Consumer Action, Arizona Consumers Council, Utility Consumers' Action Network, California Small Business Roundtable, Consumer Coalition of California, Jefferson County Committee for Economic Opportunity, The California Alliance for Consumer Protection, Florida Action Coalition Team, Consumers for Affordable and Reliable Services, Children's Advocacy Institute in support of affirmance.
Jonathan M. Jacobson, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P. (Abid Qureshi, Akin, Gump, Strauss, Hauer & Feld, L.L.P.; Louise M. Parent, Anne L. Segal, Stuart Alderoty, Marcy E. Wilkov, American Express Company; Janet L. McDavid, Hogan & Hartson, LLP, on the brief), New York, N.Y., for amicus curiae American Express Company in support of affirmance.
Eric F. Leon, Kirkland & Ellis (William H. Pratt, Kirkland & Ellis; Donald G. Kempf, Jr., Kelly McNamara Corley, Morgan Stanley), New York, N.Y., for amicus curiae Discover Financial Services, Inc. in support of affirmance.
Steven M. Rutstein, Assistant Attorney General, for Richard Blumenthal, Attorney General of Connecticut (Rachel O. Davis; Betty D. Montgomery, Attorney General of Ohio, Mitchell L. Gentile; Bruce M. Botelho, Attorney General of Alaska, Clyde Sniffen, Jr.; Janet Napolitano, Attorney General of Arizona, Timothy A. Nelson, David D. Weinzweig; Bill Lockyer, Attorney General of California, Peter Siggins, Richard Frank, Kathleen Foote, Barbara Motz; Robert R. Rigsby, Corporation Counsel for the District of Columbia, Charles L. Reischel, Don Resnikoff; Robert A. Butterworth, Attorney General of Florida, Patricia A. Conners, Thomas Gary; Alan G. Lance, Attorney General of Idaho; Thomas J. Miller, Attorney General of Iowa; Carla J. Stovall, Attorney General of Kansas, Rex G. Beasley; Richard P. Leyoub, Attorney General of Louisiana, Jane Bishop Johnson; G. Steven Rowe, Attorney General of Maine, Francis Ackerman; J. Joseph Curran, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, Ellen Cooper; Thomas F. Reilly, Attorney General of Massachusetts, Betsy W. Whittey, Jennifer M. Granholm, Attorney General of Michigan, Thomas L. Casey, Paul R. Novak; Mike Hatch, Attorney General of Minnesota, Kristen M. Olsen; Frankie Sue Del Papa, Attorney General of Nevada, Timothy Hay; Wayne Stenehjem, Attorney General of North Dakota; W.A. Drew Edmondson, Attorney General of Oklahoma; D. Michael Fisher, Attorney General of Pennsylvania; Mark Barnett, Attorney General of South Dakota, Jeffrey P. Hallem; John Cornyn, Attorney General of Texas, Howard G. Baldwin, Jr., Jeffrey S. Boyd, Paul D. Carmona, Mark Tobey, Kim Van Winkle; Mark L. Shurtleff, Attorney General of Utah; William H. Sorrell, Attorney General of Vermont, Julie Brill, David Borsykowsky; Christine O. Gregoire, Attorney General of Washington, Tina E. Kondo, Marta Lowy; Darrell V. McGraw, Jr., Attorney General of West Virginia, Jill L. Miles, Douglas L. Davis; James E. Doyle, Attorney General of Wisconsin, Kevin O'Connor, on the brief), Hartford, Conn., for amici curiae States of Connecticut, Ohio, Alaska, Arizona, California, Florida, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Nevada, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, South Dakota, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, and Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia in support of affirmance.
Before: OAKES, LEVAL, and CABRANES, Circuit Judges.
