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Unclean hands, means an equitable doctrine, a complainant will be denied relief if he or she has engaged in misconduct (as acting in bad faith) directly relating to the complaint. The condition of having engaged in such misconduct and being barred from equitable relief, Royal Sch. Labs., Inc. v. Town of Watertown, 358 F 2d 813.