Legal Opinion
Mouchantaf v. INTERNATIONAL MODELING AND TALENT ASSOCIATION
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 6, 2005No. 05 Civ. 377(MGC)PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CEDARBAUM, District Judge.
Defendant International Modeling and Talent Association (“IMTA”) moves under the Colorado River abstention doctrine to dismiss the complaint filed by plaintiff Georges Mouchantaf. For the reasons that follow, IMTA’s motion is granted.
BACKGROUND
On December 28, 2004, Mouchantaf commenced this action in the Supreme Court of New York County. The complaint alleges that in 1987 Mouchantaf co-founded IMTA with his business partner, Helen Rogers, for the purpose of organizing annual conventions and events in which aspiring models and actors are presented to…
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