Clean hands doctrine
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Definitions from Case Law
From 321 U.S. 383 - Johnson v. Yellow Cab Transit Co. · 1944Most cited · 375 citing opinions
not applied by way of punishment for an unclean litigant but 'upon considerations that make for the advancement of right and justice.' It is not a rigid formula which 'trammels the free and just exercise of discretion.