parseJSON issue - invalid json

parseJSON issue - invalid json

Hello,

I am trying to parse json using parseJSON but continually get an error stating Invalid Json.  I have validated what I am passing along to parseJSON using  http://jsonlint.com/ and it says it is valid so I am not certain what the issue is.  
Here is my json:  
[{"CATALOG_ID":1054,"SERIAL_NUMBER":"A8GT11001 \u0026 Above","ACTIVE_DATE":"08/12/2011","INACTIVE_DATE":null}]

Anyone have any ideas?  The error that I get when I run this through parseJSON() is Invalid JSON.

Thanks.