United States Second Circuit

Class action certification is appropriate against credit card companies where merchants alleged undue tying of credit and debit card acceptances, despite individual damage claims and mitigation issues.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/05/2001
• Decided 10/18/2001
• Published 10/18/2001

Judges

• Before JACOBS, SOTOMAYOR, Circuit Judges, and COTE, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Jack C. Auspitz, Debra Freeman, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, N.Y. (Geoffrey P. Miller, of counsel) filed a brief Amici Curiae for The American Bankers Association, The Consumer Banks Association, The Financial Services Roundtable, and The New York Bankers Association.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven V. Bomse,Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe LLP, San Francisco, CA (M. Laurence Popofsky, Marie L. Fiala, Brian P. Brosnahan, Renata M. Sos, Adam Cole, Heller Ehrman White & McAuliffe and Philip H. Curtis, Robert C. Mason, Arnold & Porter, New York, NY, on the brief), for defendant-appellant Visa U.S.A. Inc., Kenneth A. Gallo, Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells LLP, New York, N.Y. (James N. Benedict, Mark A. Kirsch, Guy C. Quinlan, Craig M. Walker, Joseph J. Simons, Keila D. Ravelo, on the brief), for defendant-appellant MasterCard International Incorporated., Lloyd Constantine, Constantine & Partners PC, New York, N.Y. (Robert L. Begleiter, Matthew L. Cantor, Stacey Anne Mahoney, Wendy M. Rogovin, Amy N. Roth, Gordon Schnell, Mitchell C. Shapiro, Jeffrey I. Shinder, Michael Spyropoulos, Constantine & Partners PC and Steve W. Berman, George W. Sampson, Jim Solimano, Hagens Berman LLP, Seattle, WA, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.