United States Fifth Circuit
US v. Yeager, 06-20321, 06-20593, 06-20691
In a prosecution arising from the collapse of Enron and its subsidiaries, denial of defendants-senior executives' motion to dismiss the government indictment is affirmed over a claim that a jury's acquittal of defendants on certain counts collaterally estopped the government from pursuing the mistried counts.
Appellate Information
- Decided 03/17/2008
- Published 03/18/2008
Judges
- BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:, Before HIGGINBOTHAM, GARZA and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
Court
- United States Fifth Circuit
Counsel
- For Appellant:
- Joseph Douglas Wilson (argued), San Francisco, CA, James Lee Turner, Asst. U.S. Atty., Houston, TX, Van Simmons Vincent, Nashville, TN, for U.S., Samuel J. Buffone (argued), Ryan Morland Malone, Ropes & Gray, Washington, DC, J.A. Canales, Canales & Simonson, Corpus Christi, TX, for Yeager., Susan L. Hays (argued), Dallas, TX, Edwin J. Tomko, Curran Tomko Tarski, Dallas, TX, for Shelby., Lawrence Saul Robbins (argued), Alan D. Strasser, Matthew Robert Segal, Robbins, Russell, Englert, Orsek & Untereiner, Washington, DC, Barnes H. Ellis, Stoel & Rives, Portland, OR, for Hirko.