Calif. Judge Orders Enron to Hand Over Documents

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A California judge on Thursday gave Enron a June 26 deadline to hand over thousands of subpoenaed documents to state officials probing possible price-gouging during last year's power crisis.


San Francisco Superior Court Judge A. James Robertson II said the battered energy firm must produce documents from its California offices within three weeks, from its Houston and Portland offices within six weeks, and requested electronic data within 90 days, or face contempt charges, the attorney general's office said.

"While we pressed for a contempt finding today, the judge decided to keep the hammer of a contempt ruling over the head of Enron," Attorney General Bill Lockyer said. "The court is focusing on the same goal we have, which is to get Enron to deliver the documents subpoenaed for our energy investigation."