Legal Opinion
Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 31, 2005No. 04-368PublishedCited by 274 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Rehnquist
As Enron Corporation’s financial difficulties became public in 2001, petitioner Arthur Andersen LLP, Enron’s auditor, instructed its employees to destroy documents pursuant to its document retention policy. A jury found that this action made petitioner guilty of violating 18 U. S. C. §§ 1512(b) (2)(A) and (B). These sections make it a crime to “knowingly us[e] intimidation or physical force, threate[n], or corruptly persuad[e] another person... with intent to ... cause” that person to “withhold” documents from, or “alter” documents for use in, an “official proceeding.” The Court of Appeals…
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