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Nine years ago, the $5.7 billion sticker price to settle one of the biggest class-action lawsuits ever was rejected. Last year, it climbed to $30 billion, just to be thrown out again. Now, it’s north of $200 billion, and there’s growing doubt even that will be enough to end two decades of fighting.

Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. this month took yet another swing at a deal that seeks to end a battle with thousands of retailers — and reshape the fees underpinning the credit-card industry in the process. Yet opposition is already pouring in from merchants and lawmakers.

Making the call will be U.S. District Court Judge Brian Cogan, who took over the long-running case after Judge Margo Brodie last year struck down the earlier settlement, saying th

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