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ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP v. UNITED STATES

No. 04-368.

544 U.S. 696 (2005)

ARTHUR ANDERSEN LLP v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 31, 2005.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Maureen E. Mahoney argued the cause for petitioner. With her on the briefs were Alexandra A. E. Shapiro, J. Scott Ballenger, and Charles A. Rothfeld.

Deputy Solicitor General Dreeben argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Acting Solicitor General Clement, Acting Assistant Attorney General Keeney, Kannon K. Shanmugam, Sangita K. Rao, Andrew Weissmann, and Matthew W. Friedrich.*

REHNQUIST, C. J., delivered the opinion for a unanimous Court.

CHIEF JUSTICE REHNQUIST delivered the opinion of the Court.

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...

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