However, the requirement of clean hands does not mean that a "bad person" cannot obtain the aid of equity. "Equity does not demand that its suitors shall have led blameless lives."Loughran v. Loughran, , (Brandeis, J.) The defense of unclean hands only applies if there is a nexus between the applicant's wrongful act and the rights he wishes to enforce.
HoweVer, tHe rEquIrEMeNT Of clEan hands doEs noT MeAn that a "bad perSOn" caNnoT obtaiN ThE aID of equItY. "equiTY DOes Not Demand that iTs suitors shaLl HavE led blAmelesS lives."lougHran v. loughran, , (BranDEis, j.) thE dEfenSe OF UnCLean HaNds onLy aPPliEs IF thErE Is A NEXUS beTween tHe applicanT's wrongfUL ACT and the rIgHtS he wishEs To enfoRce.