Arthur Anderson LLP

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Charge:	Obstruction of Justice
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Year Convicted:	2002
Year Cleared:	2005
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Texas - Federal Case
County or Region of Crime:	Harris
City of Crime:	Houston
Result:	Judicially Exonerated
Summary of Case:	"Arthur Anderson LLP was wrongly convicted in federal court in 2002 of obstruction of justice in failing to retain all documents in the wake of the collapse of its client, Enron in 2001. On May 31, 2005 the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturned the conviction in ruling that the trial judge's instructions to the jury failed to require the necessary proof that Arthur Andersen LLP knew its actions were wrong."
Conviction Caused By:	The trial judge failed to give a jury instruction that adequately explained the degree of wilfulness required for actions by Arthur Anderson LLP's employees to have done something criminal in failing to retain all documents related to its client Enron.
Innocence Proved By:	"On May 31, 2005 the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturned the conviction in ruling that the trial judge's instructions to the jury failed to require the necessary proof that Arthur Andersen LLP knew its actions were wrong."
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Information Source 1:	"Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States, 544 US 696 (2005)"
Information Location 1:	"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9749195094830574590&q=arthur+anderson+2005&hl=en&as_sdt=2,48"
Information Source 2:	"Supreme Court overturns Arthur Andersen's Enron conviction, By Mary Flood (staff), Houston Chronicle, May 31, 2005"
Information Location 2:	http://www.chron.com/business/enron/article/Supreme-Court-overturns-Arthur-Andersen-s-Enron-1940557.php
Information Source 3:	"Justices Unanimously Overturn Conviction of Arthur Andersen, By Linda Greenhouse (staff), The New York Times, May 31, 2005"
Information Location 3:	http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/31/business/31wire-andersen.html?_r=1
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Arthur Anderson LLP

Charge:

Obstruction of Justice

Sentence:

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

Year Convicted:

2002

Year Cleared:

2005

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Texas - Federal Case

County or Region of Crime:

Harris

City of Crime:

Houston

Result:

Judicially Exonerated

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

The trial judge failed to give a jury instruction that adequately explained the degree of wilfulness required for actions by Arthur Anderson LLP's employees to have done something criminal in failing to retain all documents related to its client Enron.

Innocence Proved By:

"On May 31, 2005 the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously overturned the conviction in ruling that the trial judge's instructions to the jury failed to require the necessary proof that Arthur Andersen LLP knew its actions were wrong."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Business

Skin/Ethnicity:

Information Source 1:

"Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States, 544 US 696 (2005)"

Information Location 1:

"http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=9749195094830574590&q=arthur+anderson+2005&hl=en&as_sdt=2,48"

Information Source 2:

"Supreme Court overturns Arthur Andersen's Enron conviction, By Mary Flood (staff), Houston Chronicle, May 31, 2005"

Information Location 2:

http://www.chron.com/business/enron/article/Supreme-Court-overturns-Arthur-Andersen-s-Enron-1940557.php

Information Source 3:

"Justices Unanimously Overturn Conviction of Arthur Andersen, By Linda Greenhouse (staff), The New York Times, May 31, 2005"

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http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/31/business/31wire-andersen.html?_r=1

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