B & R SUPERMARKET, INC. v. VISA, INC.

No. C 16-01150 WHA.

B & R SUPERMARKET, INC., GROVE LIQUORS, LLC, Plaintiffs, v. VISA, INC., VISA USA, INC., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, N.D. California.

June 21, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

B & R Supermarket, Inc., Plaintiff, represented by Alexandra Senya Bernay , Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd LLP, Angel Puimei Lau , Robbins Geller Rudman Dowd LLP, Armen Zohrabian , Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd LLP, Carmen Anthony Medici , Robbins Geller Rudman Dowd LLP, David W. Mitchell , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, John William Devine , Devine Goodman Rasco WattsFitzGerald LLP, pro hac vice, Lawrence Dean Goodman , Devine Goodman Rasco WattsFitzgerald LLP, pro hac vice, Lonnie Anthony Browne , Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd LLP, Randi D. Bandman , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Robert J. Kuntz, Jr. , Devine Goodman Rasco Watts-FitzGerald, LLP, pro hac vice & Patrick J. Coughlin , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP.

Grove Liquors LLC, Plaintiff, represented by Alexandra Senya Bernay , Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd LLP, Angel Puimei Lau , Robbins Geller Rudman Dowd LLP, Armen Zohrabian , Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd LLP, Carmen Anthony Medici , Robbins Geller Rudman Dowd LLP, David W. Mitchell , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP, Lonnie Anthony Browne , Robbins Geller Rudman and Dowd LLP, Randi D. Bandman , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP & Patrick J. Coughlin , Robbins Geller Rudman & Dowd LLP.

Visa, Inc., Defendant, represented by Robert John Vizas , Arnold and Porter LLP, Erica M. Connolly , Arnold and Porter LLP, Karen C. Otto , Arnold Porter LLP, pro hac vice, Mark R. Merley , Arnold Porter LLP, pro hac vice & Sharon D. Mayo , Arnold & Porter LLP.

Visa USA, Inc., Defendant, represented by Robert John Vizas , Arnold and Porter LLP, Erica M. Connolly , Arnold and Porter LLP, Karen C. Otto , Arnold Porter LLP, pro hac vice, Mark R. Merley , Arnold Porter LLP, pro hac vice & Sharon D. Mayo , Arnold & Porter LLP.

Mastercard International Incorporated, Defendant, represented by Catherine M. Yang , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison LLP, pro hac vice, Cheryl Ann Galvin , Taylor & Company Law Offices, Craig A. Benson , Paul Weiss LLP, pro hac vice, Kenneth A. Gallo , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP, pro hac vice, Stephen E. Taylor , Taylor & Company Law Offices, LLP & William Yates Durbin , Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton, and Garrison LLP, pro hac vice.

American Express Company, Defendant, represented by Rowan D. Wilson , Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP & Lauren Kelley Ross .

Discover Financial Services, Defendant, represented by Dana Lynn Cook-Milligan , Winston and Strawn LLP, Elizabeth P. Papez , Winston and Strawn LLP, pro hac vice, Jeanifer Ellen Parsigian , Winston and Strawn, Joseph Laurence Motto , Winston and Strawn LLP, Robert Yale Sperling , Winston & Strawn LLP, pro hac vice & Sean D. Meenan , Winston and Strawn.

Bank of America, N.A., Defendant, represented by Penelope Athene Preovolos , Morrison & Foerster LLP, Alexandra Eve Laks , Morrison and Foerster LLP, Jane Petersen Bentrott , Morrison Foerster LLP, pro hac vice, Mark P. Ladner , Morrison & Foerster LLP, pro hac vice, Michael B. Miller , Morrison Foerster LLP, pro hac vice, Natalie Anne Fleming Nolen , Morrison and Foerster, LLP, pro hac vice & Tiffani B. Figueroa , Morrison and Foerster LLP, pro hac vice.

Barclays Bank Delaware, Defendant, represented by Benjamin Klebanoff , Shearman and Sterling LLP, Brian Calandra , Shearman and Sterling LLP, James Patrick Tallon , Attorney at Law, Mikael A. Abye , Shearman & Sterling LLP & Patrick David Robbins , Shearman & Sterling LLP.

Capital One Financial Corporation, Defendant, represented by D. Bruce Hoffman , Hunton and Williams LLP, pro hac vice, John Eliot Beerbower , pro hac vice, Leslie Kostyshak , Hunton amd Williams LLP, pro hac vice, Ryan A. Shores , Hunton and Williams LLP, pro hac vice & Susan S. Joo , Hunton & Williams LLP.

Chase Bank USA, National Association, Defendant, represented by Raoul Dion Kennedy , Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP, Boris Bershteyn , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher and Flom LLP, pro hac vice, Evan R. Kreiner , Four Times Square, pro hac vice, Harry P. Koulos , Four Times Square, pro hac vice & Peter E. Greene , Four Times Square, pro hac vice.

Citibank (South Dakota), N.A., Defendant, represented by Benjamin Robert Nagin , Sidley Austin LLP, pro hac vice, David F. Graham , Sidley Austin LLP, pro hac vice, Jennifer Michelle Wong , Sidley Austin LLP, pro hac vice, Melissa Colon-Bosolet , Sidley Austin LLP, pro hac vice, Paul Belonick , Sidley Austin & Peter K. Huston , SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP.

Citibank, N.A., Defendant, represented by Benjamin Robert Nagin , Sidley Austin LLP, pro hac vice, David F. Graham , Sidley Austin LLP, pro hac vice, Jennifer Michelle Wong , Sidley Austin LLP, pro hac vice, Melissa Colon-Bosolet , Sidley Austin LLP, pro hac vice, Paul Belonick , Sidley Austin & Peter K. Huston , SIDLEY AUSTIN LLP.

PNC Bank, National Association, Defendant, represented by Ashley Lynn Shively , Reed Smith LLP, Conor Michael Shaffer , Reed Smith LLP, pro hac vice, Courtney Bedell Averbach , Reed Smith LLP, pro hac vice, Daniel I. Booker , Reed Smith LLP, pro hac vice, Michelle Ann Mantine , Reed Smith LLP, pro hac vice & Scott D. Baker , Reed Smith LLP.

USAA Savings Bank, Defendant, represented by Bradley Robert Love , Barnes and Thornbrug LLP, Alicia M. Raines , Barnes and Thornburg, pro hac vice, Ethan Craig , Barnes and Thornburg LLP, pro hac vice, Kendall Millard , Barnes & Thornburg LLP, pro hac vice & Roya Rahmanpour , Barnes and Thornburg LLP.

U.S. Bancorp National Association, Defendant, represented by Andrew Baldwin Brantingham , Dorsey and Whitney LLP, pro hac vice, Angela Maryssa Porter , Dorsey and Whitney LLP, pro hac vice, Frederick Matthew Ralph , Dorsey and Whitney LLP, pro hac vice, Martha Corcoran Luemers , Dorsey & Whitney LLP & Richard Qiguang Liu , Dorsey and Whitney LLP.

Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., Defendant, represented by David Carlyle Powell , McGuireWoods LLP, Casey Erin Lucier , McGuireWoods LLP, pro hac vice, Howard Feller , McGuireWoods LLP, pro hac vice, J. Brent Justus , McGuireWoods LLP, pro hac vice & Jamie Danielle Wells , McGuireWoods LLP.

EMVCo, LLC, Defendant, represented by Paul Jeffrey Riehle , Sedgwick LLP, Alexander Guney , Sedgwick LLP & Dennis Francis Murphy , Sedgwick LLP.


QUESTIONS FOR JUNE 23 HEARING

For our hearing on Thursday, June 23, what does the record tell us on the following questions:

1. Before the Liability Shift, was the decision to make merchants liable for the charge backs made by the issuing bank? What was the role of the Network in deciding whether...

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