United States v. Arthur Andersen LLP

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U.S. Supreme Court case criminal law case landmark case obstruction of justice case white-collar crime case

United States v. Arthur Andersen LLP was a landmark U.S. Supreme Court case overturning the criminal conviction of Enron’s accounting firm for obstruction of justice, significantly shaping standards for prosecuting corporate document destruction.

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Arthur Andersen LLP v. United States	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	U.S. Supreme Court case ⓘ criminal law case ⓘ landmark case ⓘ obstruction of justice case ⓘ white-collar crime case ⓘ
arguedDate	2005-04-27 ⓘ
category	2005 in United States case law ⓘ Enron NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Supreme Court cases NERFINISHED ⓘ United States Supreme Court cases of the Rehnquist Court ⓘ United States federal criminal case law ⓘ
citation	544 U.S. 696 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
court	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
decisionDate	2005-05-31 ⓘ
docketNumber	04-368 ⓘ
effect	influenced corporate compliance and document retention practices. ⓘ narrowed the interpretation of corrupt persuasion under 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b). ⓘ raised the bar for prosecuting obstruction of justice based on document destruction. ⓘ
fullName	United States v. Arthur Andersen LLP NERFINISHED ⓘ
holding	Jury instructions must require a finding that the defendant knew he was acting wrongfully and that his actions were intended to affect an official proceeding. ⓘ The Supreme Court unanimously reversed Arthur Andersen LLP’s conviction for obstruction of justice. NERFINISHED ⓘ
involvedParty	Arthur Andersen LLP NERFINISHED ⓘ Enron Corporation NERFINISHED ⓘ U.S. Department of Justice NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalIssue	interpretation of 18 U.S.C. § 1512(b) ⓘ mens rea requirement for obstruction of justice ⓘ
opinionBy	William H. Rehnquist NERFINISHED ⓘ
opinionType	unanimous opinion ⓘ
outcome	case remanded ⓘ conviction reversed ⓘ
page	696 ⓘ
petitioner	United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedCase	Enron-related prosecutions ⓘ
relatedTo	Enron scandal NERFINISHED ⓘ
reporter	United States Reports ⓘ
respondent	Arthur Andersen LLP NERFINISHED ⓘ
statuteInterpreted	18 U.S.C. § 1512(b) ⓘ federal witness tampering statute ⓘ
subjectMatter	corporate document destruction ⓘ obstruction of justice ⓘ
timePeriod	post-Enron corporate governance reforms ⓘ
topic	corporate criminal liability ⓘ document retention policies ⓘ white-collar crime enforcement ⓘ
volume	544 ⓘ
vote	9-0 ⓘ

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