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To: Proud_Infidel who wrote (684142)5/31/2005 10:30:15 AM
From: Peter Dierks  Respond to of 769670
 
High court overturns Arthur Andersen's conviction

By Hope Yen
Associated Press
Published May 31, 2005, 9:15 AM CDT

WASHINGTON -- The Supreme Court on Tuesday overturned the conviction of the Arthur Andersen accounting firm for destroying Enron Corp.-related documents before the energy giant's collapse.

In an unanimous opinion, justices said the former Big Five accounting firm's June 2002 conviction was improper. It said the jury instructions at trial were too vague and broad for jurors to determine correctly whether Andersen obstructed justice.

``The jury instructions here were flawed in important respects,'' Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist wrote for the court.

chicagotribune.com

(Only a tad bit late for those whose lives were destroyed in the leftwingers' persuit of rollings heads.)