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FAUSTIN v. LEWIS

85 N.J. 507 (1981)

427 A.2d 1105

JOSSLINE FAUSTIN, A/K/A JOSSELINE LEWIS, PLAINTIFF APPELLANT, v. MAURICE LEWIS, A/K/A MAURICE RILEY AND JAMES OSCAR LEWIS, DEFENDANT-RESPONDENT.

The Supreme Court of New Jersey.

Decided March 31, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

W. Marshall Prettyman, Senior Attorney, argued the cause for appellant (Timothy Weeks, Executive Director, Essex-Newark Legal Services, attorney; Gerald Brennan and Doreen Goldbronn, on the brief).

No appearance was made on behalf of respondent.

The opinion of the Court was delivered by SULLIVAN, J.

Plaintiff Jossline Faustin was denied an annulment of her marriage to Maurice Lewis based upon a trial court ruling that she was guilty of "unclean hands" and thus not entitled to judicial relief. The Appellate Division affirmed. 172 N.J.Super. 399 (1980). This Court granted certification to consider the extent to which the equitable doctrine of unclean hands should have...

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