Wachovia Bank, N.A. v. Coffey

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• noting the doctrine of unclean hands precludes a party from recovering in equity if he acted unfairly in a matter that is the subject of the litigation to the prejudice of the defendant
• “We therefore reach the inescapable conclusion that [Petitioner] has come to court with unclean hands and is barred from seeking equitable relief.... [Petitioner’s] legal causes of action are barred as well.”
• lender’s unauthorized practice of law precludes recovery for the consequences of that act

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).