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In 2002, the accounting firm Arthur Andersen was convicted of obstruction of justice for shredding documents related to the Enron bankruptcy and scandal, and voluntarily surrendered its CPA license. However, in 2005, the conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court for what reason?
Hint: Despite ultimately being vindicated by SCOTUS, the damage to the firm’s reputation was overwhelming, though the entity still nominally exists.
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Answer: Defects in the jury instructions. Chief Justice Rehnquist, writing for a unanimous court, found the instructions too vague for a jury to find that obstruction actually occurred.