Oregon v. Golden Temple

Summary

In this Charity fraud litigation proceeding, plaintiff State of Oregon (Oregon Attorney Generals office) alleged Siri Singh Sahib Corporation, the leading Sikh charity of fraud by selling its profitable food manufacturing and tea business for $100 to a private business established by Kartar Singh Khalsa, an influential board member who sits on boards of numerous Sikh charities.

The plaintiff was represented by attorney Daniel Rosenhouse. The defendant in this case, Siri Singh Sahib Corporation was represented by attorneys Michael Farnell, Thomas Johnson and John McGrory.

Outcome

The court found that Unto Infinity board failed to safeguard Golden Temple for the religious commuinity. Instead, the board allowed Golden Temple managers to become richer, privately.

Case Information

Attorneys

Witnesses

Plaintiff: State of Oregon
Defense: Siri Singh Sahib Corporation

Judge: Leslie Roberts
Jurisdiction: 4th Judicial District of Oregon
Court: Multnomah County Courthouse

Case Number: 090913281
Industry: Government
Practice Area: Fraud

Plaintiff

State of Oregon

Represented By:
Rosenhouse, Daniel (Oregon Department of Justice)

Defense

Siri Singh Sahib Corporation

Represented By:
Davis, Kenneth (Lane Powell)

Sessions

Attorney

Witness

Type

Description

AM Session

Openings

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:39	General Case Activities
00:01:20	General Case Activities
00:07:59	Opening Statement	McGrory, John
01:30:25	Break
01:32:15	Opening Statement	Fortino, Paul
02:16:25	Opening Statement	Davis, Kenneth
02:49:37	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Guru	In Person
03:45:06	Witness Cross Examination	Fortino, Paul	Khalsa, Guru	In Person
03:51:49	Witness Cross Examination	Hawkes, Peter	Khalsa, Guru	In Person
04:04:30	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Guru Jodha	In Person
04:46:00	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es) - Damages

7 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

13 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Lambert, Roy	In Person
		01:28:32	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

3 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Lambert, Roy	In Person
00:13:40	Break
01:11:00	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	In Person
01:11:50	General Case Activities
01:33:12	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	In Person
01:56:28	Witness Cross Examination		Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	In Person
02:00:05	Witness Cross Examination		Lambert, Roy	In Person
02:18:12	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Lambert, Roy	In Person
02:31:42	General Case Activities
02:35:30	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	In Person
03:09:20	End of Session

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

2 Chapters

			Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
		00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Lambert, Roy	In Person
		00:55:25	End of Session

MAY

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

AM Session

In Session - No Content Available

0 Chapters

MAY

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:05	Witness Direct Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Khalsa, Karam	In Person
00:41:33	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Karam	In Person
01:14:27	Break
01:38:10	General Case Activities
01:39:45	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	Video Recording
03:12:47	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:01:00	General Case Activities
00:02:15	Witness Cross Examination	Hawkes, Peter	Morones, Serena	In Person
01:12:38	Break
01:32:05	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Singh Khalsa, Dr. Siri Atma	In Person
01:59:10	Witness Cross Examination	Fortino, Paul	Singh Khalsa, Dr. Siri Atma	In Person
02:02:22	Witness Cross Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Singh Khalsa, Dr. Siri Atma	In Person
02:29:38	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Kaur Khalsa, Sardarni Guru Amrit	In Person
02:44:21	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Kaur Khalsa, Sardarni Guru Amrit	In Person
00:26:00	Witness Cross Examination	Fortino, Paul	Kaur Khalsa, Sardarni Guru Amrit	In Person
00:46:40	Witness Cross Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Kaur Khalsa, Sardarni Guru Amrit	In Person
01:03:08	Witness Cross Examination	Hawkes, Peter	Morones, Serena	In Person
01:48:35	Break
02:05:05	Witness Cross Examination	Hawkes, Peter	Morones, Serena	In Person
02:29:17	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Morones, Serena	In Person
02:49:10	Witness Direct Examination	McStay, Andrew	Singh Khalsa, Avtar Hari	In Person
03:12:27	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

9 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Direct Examination	Johnson, Thomas	Singh Khalsa, Avtar Hari	In Person
00:03:24	Witness Cross Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Singh Khalsa, Avtar Hari	In Person
00:04:48	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Singh Khalsa, Guru Dhan	In Person
00:42:20	Witness Cross Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Singh Khalsa, Guru Dhan	In Person
00:54:12	Witness Cross Examination	Miller, Susan	Singh Khalsa, Guru Dhan	In Person
00:56:05	Witness Cross Examination	Johnson, Thomas	Singh Khalsa, Guru Dhan	In Person
00:57:09	Break
01:11:52	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Singh Khalsa, Kartar	In Person
02:49:56	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:05	Witness Cross Examination	Miller, Susan	Singh Khalsa, Kartar	In Person
00:02:02	Witness Cross Examination	Johnson, Thomas	Singh Khalsa, Kartar	In Person
00:02:48	Witness Cross Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Singh Khalsa, Kartar	In Person
00:17:20	General Case Activities
00:29:12	Witness Direct Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Khalsa, Kharm	In Person
01:49:15	Break
02:11:35	Witness Direct Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Khalsa, Kharm	In Person
02:28:53	Witness Direct Examination	Johnson, Thomas	Khalsa, Kharm	In Person
02:30:53	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Kharm	In Person
03:20:10	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:04	General Case Activities
00:01:18	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Kharm	In Person
00:47:33	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Khalsa, Kharm	In Person
01:07:50	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Singh Khalsa, Kartar	In Person
01:21:58	Break
01:37:35	General Case Activities
01:40:48	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Singh Khalsa, Kartar	In Person
02:48:20	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

12 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Singh Khalsa, Kartar	In Person
00:04:02	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Johnson, Thomas	Singh Khalsa, Kartar	In Person
00:05:50	Witness Re-Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Singh Khalsa, Kartar	In Person
00:12:23	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Miller, Susan	Singh Khalsa, Kartar	In Person
00:14:44	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Singh Khalsa, Kartar	In Person
00:17:45	Witness Direct Examination	Christensen, Nathan	Singh Khalsa, Ajeet	In Person
00:50:25	Witness Direct Examination	Christensen, Nathan	Singh Khalsa, Guru Hari	In Person
01:08:50	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Singh Khalsa, Guru Hari	In Person
01:13:22	Witness Direct Examination	Fortino, Paul	Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	In Person
01:58:47	Break
02:14:36	Witness Direct Examination	Fortino, Paul	Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	In Person
03:18:40	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

8 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

11 Chapters

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:25	General Case Activities
00:04:47	Witness Direct Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Khalsa, Guru Sundri	In Person
01:09:25	Break
01:27:30	Witness Direct Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Khalsa, Guru Sundri	In Person
01:59:02	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Guru Sundri	In Person
02:37:20	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Guru Sundri	In Person
00:19:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Khalsa, Guru Sundri	In Person
00:39:10	Witness Re-Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Guru Sundri	In Person
00:46:30	Witness Direct Examination	Hawkes, Peter	Murphy, Greg	In Person
01:19:50	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Murphy, Greg	In Person
01:50:40	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hawkes, Peter	Murphy, Greg	In Person
02:00:55	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

7 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:02	Witness Direct Examination	Hawkes, Peter	Tarbell, Jeffrey	In Person
01:11:59	Break
01:26:30	General Case Activities
01:33:45	Witness Direct Examination	Johnson, Thomas	Tarbell, Jeffrey	In Person
02:12:20	Witness Direct Examination	Hawkes, Peter	Tarbell, Jeffrey	Audio Recording
02:16:10	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Tarbell, Jeffrey	In Person
02:47:08	End of Session

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

10 Chapters

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Tarbell, Jeffrey	In Person
01:06:00	Witness Cross Examination	Rosenhouse, Daniel	Tarbell, Jeffrey	In Person
01:11:58	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Johnson, Thomas	Tarbell, Jeffrey	In Person
01:22:27	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Morones, Serena	In Person
01:43:24	Witness Cross Examination	Rosenhouse, Daniel	Morones, Serena	In Person
01:44:46	Break
02:05:23	Witness Cross Examination	Hawkes, Peter	Morones, Serena	In Person
02:17:32	General Case Activities
02:20:35	Witness Cross Examination	Fortino, Paul	Morones, Serena	In Person
02:26:08	End of Session

JUN

AM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

5 Chapters

PM Session

Plaintiff Witness(es)

6 Chapters

JUN

Recording Disclaimer: This proceeding was recorded in full.

Oregon v. Golden Temple

Summary

Outcome

Sessions

AudioCaseFiles

Essentials

Training Libraries

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:01	Witness Cross Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Khalsa, Guru Jodha	In Person
00:20:05	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Guru Jodha	In Person
00:23:27	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Peraim	In Person
01:06:55	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:01:00	General Case Activities
00:01:40	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Peraim	Audio Recording
01:29:05	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:14	Witness Direct Examination	Johnson, Thomas	Khalsa, Peraim	In Person
00:12:05	Witness Direct Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Khalsa, Peraim	In Person
00:16:17	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Peraim	In Person
00:52:52	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Sopurkh	In Person
01:12:10	Break
01:36:15	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Sopurkh	In Person
03:23:58	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:09	General Case Activities
00:02:45	Witness Cross Examination	Johnson, Thomas	Khalsa, Peraim	In Person
00:04:25	Witness Direct Examination	Johnson, Thomas	Khalsa, Peraim	In Person
01:18:24	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:07	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Sopurkh	In Person
01:41:35	Break
02:07:48	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Sopurkh	In Person
03:00:42	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:15	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Sopurkh	In Person
01:35:54	Break
01:54:11	General Case Activities
01:56:20	Witness Cross Examination	Rosenhouse, Daniel	Khalsa, Sopurkh	In Person
02:05:40	Witness Direct Examination	Johnson, Thomas	Khalsa, Sopurkh	In Person
03:18:20	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:10	General Case Activities
00:00:19	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Lambert, Roy	In Person
01:34:01	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:06	General Case Activities
00:01:02	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Lambert, Roy	In Person
01:33:55	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:02:08	Witness Cross Examination	Rosenhouse, Daniel	Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	In Person
00:26:00	Witness Cross Examination	Fortino, Paul	Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	In Person
00:34:08	Witness Cross Examination	Hawkes, Peter	Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	In Person
00:40:30	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	In Person
00:50:35	General Case Activities
00:52:10	Witness Direct Examination	McStay, Andrew	Kaur Khalsa, Amrit	In Person
01:01:10	Witness Cross Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Kaur Khalsa, Amrit	In Person
01:03:07	Witness Re-Direct Examination	McStay, Andrew	Kaur Khalsa, Amrit	In Person
01:13:54	Witness Re-Cross Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Kaur Khalsa, Amrit	In Person
01:20:54	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Karam	In Person
03:01:29	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:40	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Karam	In Person
01:19:20	Break
01:38:38	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Khalsa, Karam	In Person
02:04:50	Witness Cross Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Khalsa, Karam	In Person
02:46:06	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:07	General Case Activities
00:01:41	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	Video Recording
01:18:45	Break
01:39:30	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	Video Recording
02:19:33	General Case Activities
02:25:20	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	Video Recording
02:49:00	General Case Activities
02:52:24	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:00:49	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Sickler, Jay	In Person
01:11:07	Break
01:27:40	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Sickler, Jay	In Person
01:56:17	Witness Cross Examination	Rosenhouse, Daniel	Sickler, Jay	In Person
02:05:01	Witness Cross Examination	Johnson, Thomas	Sickler, Jay	In Person
02:23:05	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:01:49	Witness Direct Examination	Johnson, Thomas	Sickler, Jay	In Person
01:14:22	Break
01:32:25	Witness Direct Examination	Johnson, Thomas	Sickler, Jay	In Person
01:47:23	Witness Cross Examination	Hawkes, Peter	Sickler, Jay	In Person
01:51:05	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Sickler, Jay	Audio Recording
02:13:25	Witness Cross Examination	Rosenhouse, Daniel	Sickler, Jay	In Person
02:24:25	General Case Activities		Sickler, Jay	In Person
02:30:25	Witness Direct Examination	McGrory, John	Morones, Serena	In Person
02:53:27	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:13	Witness Direct Examination	Fortino, Paul	Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	In Person
00:34:38	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	In Person
01:28:54	Break
01:44:44	Witness Cross Examination	Rosenhouse, Daniel	Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	In Person
01:54:32	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Fortino, Paul	Kaur Khalsa, Siri Karm	In Person
02:03:49	Witness Direct Examination	Hawkes, Peter	Horowitz, Lewis	In Person
03:06:32	End of Session

	Description	Attorney	Witness	Presence
00:00:00	General Case Activities
00:03:55	Witness Direct Examination	Hawkes, Peter	Horowitz, Lewis	In Person
00:48:07	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Horowitz, Lewis	In Person
01:54:55	Break
02:14:12	Witness Cross Examination	McGrory, John	Horowitz, Lewis	In Person
02:22:20	Witness Cross Examination	Rosenhouse, Daniel	Horowitz, Lewis	In Person
02:30:34	Witness Re-Direct Examination	Hawkes, Peter	Horowitz, Lewis	In Person
02:38:55	Witness Direct Examination	Fortino, Paul	Lambert, Roy	In Person
02:42:05	Witness Direct Examination	Davis, Kenneth	Ziehl, Robert	In Person
02:52:44	Witness Direct Examination	Hawkes, Peter	Murphy, Greg	In Person
03:15:45	End of Session

	Description	Attorney
00:00:40	Closing Statement	Fortino, Paul
00:43:10	Closing Statement	Davis, Kenneth
02:10:04	Closing Statement	McGrory, John
02:28:07	Closing Statement	Rosenhouse, Daniel
02:39:30	General Case Activities
02:40:25	End of Session