Visa U.S.A. Inc. v. First Data Corp.

ORDER DENYING IN PART AND GRANTING IN PART FIRST DATA’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT; SCHEDULING HEARING ON VISA’S MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

Now before the Court is the motion of Defendants and Counterclaimants First Data Corporation, First Data Resources Inc., and First Data Merchant Services Corporation (collectively, “First Data”) for partial' summary judgment holding that Plaintiff and Counterdefendant Visa U.S.A. Inc. (‘Visa”) be precluded from re-litigating certain issues found against it in United States v. Visa U.S.A., Inc., et al., 163 F.Supp.2d 322 (S.D.N.Y.2001) (“Visa I”), United States v. Visa U.S.A. Inc., et al., 344 F.3d 229 (2d Cir.2003) ("Visa II”), and in In re Visa Check/Mastermoney Antitrust Litigation, No. 96-CV-5238 (JG), 2003 WL 1712568 (E.D.N.Y. April 1, 2003) {‘Walmart”), and that those findings be deemed established in this case pursuant to the doctrine of non-mutual offensive collateral estoppel. Having carefully read the parties’ papers and considered the arguments and the relevant legal authority, the Court hereby DENIES IN PART and GRANTS IN PART First Data’s motion.

I. BACKGROUND

First Data seeks to invoke the doctrine of…