Legal Opinion
United States v. Brown
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided August 1, 2006No. 05-20319PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
This appeal arises from a six-week trial in which the Government charged that Enron and Merrill Lynch employees engaged in a conspiracy and scheme to defraud Enron and its shareholders by “parking” an Enron asset — an equity interest in three power-generating barges moored off the coast of Nigeria — with Merrill for six months for the purpose of artificially enhancing Enron’s 1999 end-of-year earnings report. Merrill agreed to invest $7 million to purchase equity in the barges so that Enron could record $12 million in earnings and meet its forecasts. The…
2Cases cited38 opinions
- United States v. GaudinSupreme Court of the United States · 1995
- Pereira v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- McNally v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Yates v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Kungys v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- United States v. Kincaid-ChaunceyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2009
- United States v. NguyenCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007
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