Legal Opinion
Thompson v. Orcutt
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Decided August 7, 2001No. SC 16398PublishedCited by 48 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
KATZ, J.
The sole issue in this certified appeal is whether the Appellate Court properly concluded that the doctrine of clean hands1 did not apply in this mortgage foreclosure action. The defendants, David Orcutt *303and Sandra Orcutt,2 appeal from the judgment of the Appellate Court, reversing the judgment of the trial court, which had applied the clean hands doctrine to preclude the plaintiff, George A. Thompson,3 from foreclosing on the mortgage on their property. The defendants claim that the Appellate Court improperly determined that the clean hands doctrine did not apply. We agree…
2Cases cited32 opinions
- Precision Instrument Manufacturing Co. v. Automotive Maintenance MacHinery Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Keystone Driller Co. v. General Excavator Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1933
- Billington v. BillingtonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1991
- S&E Contractors, Inc. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1972
- Mazziotti v. Allstate InsuranceSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1997
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3Cited by48 opinions
- State v. JohnsonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2008
- Wasko v. ManellaSupreme Court of Connecticut · 2004
- In re Grand Theft Auto Video Game Consumer LitigationDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 2008
- Monetary Funding Group, Inc. v. PluchinoConnecticut Appellate Court · 2005
- Barasso v. Rear Still Hill Road, LLCConnecticut Appellate Court · 2004
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