In Re Refco Securities Litigation

How courts have described this case

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

• holding in pari delicto “embraces a comparable principle” to the equitable doctrine of unclean hands but applies “in the context of a suit for damages”
• “Under New York law (which substantively governs the claims here at issue), in pari delicto is an affirmative defense as to which a defendant bears the burden of proof.”

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Cited by

6 cases in this archive cite this case.

• ImagePoint, Inc. v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Ass'n
  S.D. New York· 2014-06-25· cited 40×
• Flaxer v. Gifford (In re Lehr Construction Corp.)
  S.D. New York· 2016-01-12· cited 12×
• Industrial Enterprises of America, Inc. v. Mazzuto (In re Pitt Penn Holding Co.)
  D. Delaware· 2012-11-30· cited 11×
• ICP Strategic Credit Income Fund, Ltd. v. DLA Piper L.L.P. (In re ICP Strategic Credit Income Fund, Ltd.)
  S.D. New York· 2017-05-09· cited 7×
• Flaxer v. Gifford (In re Lehr Construction Corp.)
  S.D. New York· 2015-04-03· cited 5×
• Feltman v. Kossoff & Kossoff LLP (In re TS Emp't, Inc.)
  S.D. New York· 2019-07-10· cited 1×

Cites

4 cases in this archive are cited by this case.

• Shearson Lehman Hutton, Inc. v. Walter Wagoner, Jr., Trustee
  Second Circuit· 1991-09-18· cited 371×
• Kirschner v. KPMG LLP
  New York Court of Appeals· 2010-10-21· cited 216×
• Center v. Hampton Affiliates, Inc.
  New York Court of Appeals· 1985-10-22· cited 171×
• Krys v. Sugrue
  S.D. New York· 2011-04-25· cited 1×