Unilogic, Inc. v. Burroughs Corp.
California Court of Appeal
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ELIA, J.
On appeal, plaintiff Unilogic, Inc., challenges the trial court’s allowance of defendant Burroughs Corporation’s equitable defense of unclean hands to Unilogic’s legal action for conversion and the trial court’s submission of the defense to the jury. We conclude that the court properly permitted the defense and did not abuse its discretion in submitting the matter to the jury.
On cross-appeal, Burroughs contends the trial court erred in granting Unilogic’s motions for judgment on the pleadings on Burroughs’s fraud claim and for nonsuit on Burroughs’s claim of misappropriation of…
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