NEWBY v. ENRON CORP.

No. 05-20462.

443 F.3d 416 (2006)

Mark NEWBY; et al., Plaintiffs, v. ENRON CORPORATION; et al., Defendants, Arthur Andersen LLP, Defendant-Appellant, v. Texas State Board of Public Accountancy, Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 16, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Wald (argued), Latham & Watkins, San Francisco, CA, Russell Hardin, Jr., Andrew Lee Ramzel, Lara Hudgins Hollingsworth, Rusty Hardin & Associates, Houston, TX, Miles N. Ruthberg, James J. Farrell, Ethan J. Brown, Latham & Watkins, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Charles B. McDonald (argued), David Calvin Mattax, Asst. Atty. Gens., Austin, TX, for Intervenor-Appellee.

Russell Hardin, Jr., Andrew Lee Ramzel, Rusty Hardin & Associates, Houston, TX, for Intervenors.

Before KING, BARKSDALE and PRADO, Circuit Judges.


PRADO, Circuit Judge:

Appellants Arthur Andersen and John Does I and II (collectively, "Arthur Andersen") appeal the grant of intervention given to Appellee Texas Board of Public Accountancy ("Board") in In re Enron for the purpose of accessing discovery protected by court order. For the reasons stated below, we hold that we have jurisdiction to hear this interlocutory appeal and that the district judge did not abuse her discretion in allowing the Board to...

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