Opinion
July 8, 1999.
Order, Supreme Court, New York County (Barry Cozier, J.), entered May 3, 1999, which denied plaintiff's motion for a preliminary injunction to enjoin defendant from prosecuting an action it has commenced against plaintiff in Russia, or from instituting any other such actions, unanimously affirmed, with costs.
PRESENT: Sullivan, J.P., Nardelli, Tom, Saxe and Friedman, JJ.
The IAS Court properly exercised its discretion in denying plaintiffs motion for a preliminary injunction since the doctrine of comity militates against staying proceedings previously commenced in a foreign court of competent jurisdiction ( see, Sarepa, S.A. v. Pepsico, Inc., 225 A.D.2d 604), and the additional expense and trouble of litigating in a foreign court is insufficient to warrant an injunction ( see, Paramount Pictures v. Blumenthal, 256 App. Div. 756, 760, appeal dismissed 281 N.Y. 682).
Motion seeking to find defendant guilty of contempt of court and for other related relief denied.