MLE Realty Associates v. Handler

CALABRESI, Circuit Judge:

Defendants-appellants Emmerich and Rita Handler appeal from an interlocutory order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Patterson, J.), ordering the Handlers to withdraw their pending state court action against plaintiff-appellee MLE Realty Associates (“MLE”) with prejudice and enjoining them from instituting any further actions of a similar nature. We vacate the district court’s order and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

BACKGROUND

This appeal stems from MLE’s attempts to collect a judgment entered…