Opinion ID: 746859
Heading Depth: 2
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Foreign Antisuit Injunction

Text: 36 It is well established that a federal court has the power to enjoin a foreign suit by persons subject to its jurisdiction; however, due regard for principles of international comity require that this power should be used sparingly. China Trade & Dev. Corp. v. M.V. Choong Yong, 837 F.2d 33, 36 (2d Cir.1987); United States v. Davis, 767 F.2d 1025, 1038 (2d Cir.1985). Antisuit injunctions should be granted only with care and great restraint. China Trade, 837 F.2d at 36 (internal quotation marks omitted). Ordinarily when the courts of two sovereigns have in personam jurisdiction, one court will not try to restrain proceedings before the other. 37 In determining whether to enjoin foreign litigation, a court must consider, as a threshold matter, whether (i) the parties to both suits are the same and (ii) resolution of the case before the enjoining court would be dispositive of the action to be enjoined. Id. 38 Altai argues that the China Trade factors are inapplicable where a final judgment has been reached in the United States forum. We need not decide whether the China Trade factors are inapplicable when a final judgment issues in a United States action because we hold that, in this case, the injunction is not necessary to protect our jurisdiction or the integrity of our judgment. While Altai may experience as vexatious Computer Associate's decision to pursue its rights in France, the French action would in no way affect the decision rendered by a court of the United States. In short, the action in this country involved violations of Computer Associates's United States copyright, and the French action involves violations of Computer Associates's French copyright. We can discern no basis for enjoining Computer Associates from pursuing its French action; moreover, the interests of comity caution against such an injunction.