MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED v. VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION, INC.

No. 06-4433-cv(L), No. 06-4947-cv(CON).

471 F.3d 377 (2006)

MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL INCORPORATED, Plaintiff-Appellee, FEDERATION INTERNATIONALE DE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, Defendant-Appellee, v. VISA INTERNATIONAL SERVICE ASSOCIATION, INC., Non-Party-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: December 18, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

MARC E. ACKERMAN, White & Case LLP (Daren M. Orzechowski, White & Case LLP, and Jay G. Safer, Lord, Bissell & Brook LLP, on the brief), New York, NY for Non-Party-Appellant.

MARTIN S. HYMAN, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, NY (Adam C. Silverstein, Elizabeth A. Jaffe, Shira Franco, Golenbock Eiseman Assor Bell & Peskoe LLP, New York, NY and Noah Hanft, Eileen Simon, Cheryl Givner, Mastercard International Incorporated, Purchase, NY, on the brief) for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Before: MINER, POOLER, and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges.


POOLER, Circuit Judge:

Non-party movant-appellant Visa International Service Association ("Visa") moved to dismiss the underlying action contending that it is a necessary and indispensable party under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19. Visa also moved to intervene in the action under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24. Both motions were denied by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Preska, J.). The district...

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