U.S. v. AMERICAN EXP. CO.

Docket No. 15-1672 August Term, 2015.

838 F.3d 179 (2016)

UNITED STATES of America, State of Maryland, State of Missouri, State of Vermont, State of Utah, State of Arizona, State of New Hampshire, State of Connecticut, State of Iowa, State of Michigan, State of Ohio, State of Texas, State of Illinois, State of Tennessee, State of Montana, State of Nebraska, State of Idaho, State of Rhode Island, Plaintiffs-Appellees, State of Hawaii, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc., Defendants-Appellants, Mastercard International Incorporated, Visa Inc., Defendants, CVS Health, Inc., Meijer, Inc., Publix Super Markets, Inc., Raley's, Supervalu, Inc., Ahold U.S.A., Inc., Albertsons LLC, The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc., H.E. Butt Grocery Co., Hyvee, Inc., The Kroger Co., Safeway Inc., Walgreen Co., Rite-Aid Corp., Bi-Lo LLC, Home Depot USA, Inc., 7-Eleven, Inc., Academy, Ltd., dba Academy Sports + Outdoors, Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc., Amazon.com, Inc., American Eagle Outfitters, Inc., Ashley Furniture Industries Inc., Barnes & Noble, Inc., Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC, Beall's, Inc., Best Buy Co., Inc., Boscovs, Inc., Brookshire Grocery Company, Buc-ee's Ltd, The Buckle, Inc., The Childrens Place Retail Stores, Inc., Coborns Incorporated, Cracker Barrel Old Country Store, Inc., D'Agostino Supermarkets, Inc., Davids Bridal, Inc., DBD, Inc., Davids Bridal Canada Inc., Dillard's, Inc., Drury Hotels Company, LLC, Express LLC, Fleet and Farm of Green Bay, Fleet Wholesale Supply Co. Inc., Foot Locker, Inc., The Gap, Inc., HMSHost Corporation, IKEA North America Services, LLC, Kwik Trip, Inc., Lowe's Companies, Inc., Marathon Petroleum Company LP, Martin's Super Markets, Inc., Michaels Stores, Inc., Mills E-Commerce Enterprises, Inc., Mills Fleet Farm, Inc., Mills Motor, Inc., Mills Auto Enterprises, Inc., Willmar Motors, LLC, Mills Auto Enterprises, Inc., Mills Auto Center, Inc., Brainerd Lively Auto, LLC, Fleet and Farm of Menomonie, Inc., Fleet and Farm of Manitowoc, Inc., Fleet and Farm of Plymouth, Inc., Fleet and Farm Supply Co. of West Bend, Inc., Fleet and Farm of Waupaca, Inc., Fleet Wholesale Supply of Fergus Falls, Inc., Fleet and Farm of Alexandria, Inc., National Association of Convenience Stores, National Grocers Association, National Restaurant Association, Official Payments Corporation, Pacific Sunwear of California, Inc., P.C. Richard & Son, Inc., Panda Restaurant Group, Inc., PeTSmart, Inc., RaceTrac Petroleum, Inc., Recreational Equipment, Inc., Republic Services, Inc., Retail Industry Leaders Association, Sears Holdings Corporation, Speedway LLC, Stein Mart, Inc., Swarovski U.S. Holding Limited, Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Whole Foods Market Group, Inc., Whole Foods Market California, Inc., Mrs. Gooch's Natural Food Markets, Inc., Whole Food Company, Whole Foods Market Pacific Northwest, Inc., WFM-WO, Inc., WFM Northern Nevada, Inc., WFM Hawaii, Inc., WFM Southern Nevada, Inc., Whole Foods Market, Rocky Mountain/Southwest, L.P., The William Carter Company, Yum! Brands, Inc., Southwest Airlines Co. Movants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: September 26, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Evan R. Chesler , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, New York, NY ( Peter T. Barbur , Kevin J. Orsini , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP; Donald L. Flexner , Philip C. Korologos , Eric J. Brenner , Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP, on the brief), for Defendants-Appellants American Express Company and American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc.

Nickolai G. Levin , Attorney, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division, Washington, D.C. ( Sonia K. Pffaffenroth , Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Craig W. Conrath , Mark H. Hamer , Andrew J. Ewalt , Kristen C. Limarzi , Robert B. Nicholson , James J. Fredricks , Daniel E. Haar , Attorneys, U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division; Mike DeWine , Ohio Attorney General, Mitchell L. Gentile , Assistant Ohio Attorney General, on the brief), for Plaintiffs-Appellees the United States, et al.

Before: WINTER, WESLEY, and DRONEY, Circuit Judges.


Defendants-Appellants American Express Company and American Express Travel Related Services Company, Inc. (collectively, "American Express" or "Amex") appeal from a decision of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York (Garaufis, J.) dated February...

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