· 1/13/1937
Radius v. Travelers Ins.
Citations
- 87 F.2d 412
- 1937 U.S. App. LEXIS 2511
How courts have described this case
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- stating that “misconduct unrelated to the claim to which it is asserted as a defense, does not constitute unclean hands” (alterations and internal quotation marks omitted)
- “doctrine of unclean hands also may be relaxed if [the] defendant has been guilty of misconduct that is more unconscionable than that committed by [the] plaintiff’ [internal quotation marks omitted]
- “[t]he unclean hands defense is not an automatic or absolute bar to relief; it is only one of the factors the court must consider when deciding whether to exercise its discretion and grant an injunction” [internal quotation marks omitted]
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Judges: Garrecht
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