Hall v. Wright

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “In applying the clean hands maxim, the court is ‘concerned primarily with protecting its own integrity from improper action by a party.”
• “In applying the clean hands maxim, the court is ‘concerned primarily with protecting its own integrity from improper action by a party.”
• “Under the ‘clean hands’ doctrine, one who does not come into 16 equity with clean hands, and keep them clean, must be denied all relief, whatever may have 17 been the merits of his claim.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Cited by

25 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.

• Kendall-Jackson Winery, Ltd. v. Superior Court
  California Court of Appeal· 2000-01-03· cited 106×
• Gaudiosi v. Mellon
  Third Circuit· 1959-06-24· cited 92×
• Sarkes Tarzian, Inc. v. Audio Devices, Inc.
  S.D. California· 1958-10-23· cited 51×
• In the Matter of Penn Central Transportation Company, Debtor
  Third Circuit· 1980-09-03· cited 33×
• Moon v. Cabot Shops, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1959-09-21· cited 31×
• Bergman v. Aluminum Lock Shingle Corp. of America
  Ninth Circuit· 1957-12-13· cited 29×
• Bernard H. Stauffer v. Slenderella Systems of California, Inc., a Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1957-11-15· cited 28×
• Aerotec Industries of Calif. v. Pacific Scientific Company
  Ninth Circuit· 1967-08-31· cited 18×
• Oregon Saw Chain Corporation, a Corporation v. McCulloch Motors Corporation, a Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1963-12-12· cited 17×
• Oriental Foods, Inc. v. Chun King Sales, Inc.
  Ninth Circuit· 1957-05-16· cited 14×
• POM Wonderful LLC v. Coca Cola Co.
  C.D. California· 2016-02-19· cited 10×
• In re Medpoint Management, LLC
  D. Arizona· 2015-04-06· cited 9×
• Bergman v. Aluminum Lock Shingle Corporation Of America
  Ninth Circuit· 1958-02-14· cited 6×
• Urecal Corp. v. Masters
  N.D. Illinois· 1976-05-24· cited 5×
• Container Corporation of America, a Corporation v. M.C.S. Corporation
  Ninth Circuit· 1957-12-05· cited 4×
• Producers Lumber & Supply Co. v. Olney Building Co.
  Court of Appeals of Texas· 1960-03-03· cited 4×
• Delco Chemicals, Inc. v. Cee-Bee Chemical Co.
  S.D. California· 1957-12-11· cited 4×
• Unnamed case
  Third Circuit· 1959-08-28· cited 3×
• Matherson-Selig Co. v. Carl Gorr Color Card, Inc.
  N.D. Illinois· 1967-06-29· cited 2×
• Unnamed case
  Ninth Circuit· 1957-03-04· cited 1×

Cites

17 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Precision Instrument Manufacturing Co. v. Automotive Maintenance MacHinery Co.
  Supreme Court· 1945-04-23· cited 1,028×
• Hazel-Atlas Glass Co. v. Hartford-Empire Co.
  Supreme Court· 1944-05-15· cited 1,010×
• Fashion Originators' Guild of America, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission
  Supreme Court· 1941-03-31· cited 589×
• Schriber-Schroth Co. v. Cleveland Trust Co.
  Supreme Court· 1940-12-09· cited 262×
• Root Refining Co. v. Universal Oil Products Co.
  Third Circuit· 1948-07-06· cited 106×
• Pecheur Lozenge Co. v. National Candy Co.
  Supreme Court· 1942-03-30· cited 82×
• National Van Lines, a Corporation v. Alfred E. Dean, Trading Under the Firm Name of National Transfer & Storage Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1956-11-27· cited 57×
• Mas v. Coca-Cola Co.
  Fourth Circuit· 1947-08-20· cited 45×
• Swalley v. Addressograph-Multigraph Corp.
  Supreme Court· 1949-01-17· cited 44×
• Frank Adam Electric Co. v. Westinghouse Electric & Mfg. Co.
  Eighth Circuit· 1945-01-11· cited 43×
• Universal Oil Products Co. v. William Whitman Co.
  Supreme Court· 1949-01-17· cited 27×
• United States Hoffman MacHinery Corp. v. Pantex Pressing MacH., Inc.
  Third Circuit· 1930-11-11· cited 12×
• Lane-Wells Co. v. M. O. Johnston Oil Field Service Corporation. M. O. Johnston Oil Field Service Corporation v. Lane-Wells Co
  Ninth Circuit· 1950-04-24· cited 9×
• Fernandez v. Phillips
  Ninth Circuit· 1943-06-11· cited 8×
• Pevely Dairy Co. v. Borden Printing Co.
  Ninth Circuit· 1941-10-20· cited 7×
• United States Hoffman Machinery Corp. v. Pantex Pressing Machine, Inc.
  D. Delaware· 1929-11-06· cited 5×
• John Bean Mfg. Co. v. Creagmile
  Ninth Circuit· 1941-10-31· cited 4×