Chapman v. Krutonog
The defendant appeals from an order granting a preliminary injunction restraining him from proceeding with the prosecution of [an action for damages which he has filed] before the Supreme Court of the State of New York . . . . The terms of this anti-suit injunction provide that it is to remain in effect until a related proceeding which is currently pending before the California Department of Industrial Relations, Division of Labor Standards Enforcement (the Labor Commissioner), has been resolved. We reverse the injunction because there are no exceptional circumstances justifying a restraint on the New York litigation. (Advanced Bionics Corp. v. Medtronic, Inc. (2002) 29 Cal.4th 697, 708 (Advanced Bionics).) We reverse the trial courts ensuing order denying defendants anti slap motion because this order was based on the granting of the injunction. (See Code Civ. Proc., 425.16.)
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