Legal Opinion

Mastercard International Inc. v. Visa International Service Ass'n

Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit

Decided December 18, 2006No. Docket Nos. 06-4433-cv (L), 06-4947-cv(CON)PublishedCited by 183 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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, /.). The district court concluded that Visa was neither necessary nor indispensable to the underlying breach of contract action between plaintiff-appellee MasterCard…

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