<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="90%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td valign="top" width="63%">FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE</td><td valign="top" width="37%"><div align="right">NEWS RELEASE #071</div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td valign="top">FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>15th day of December, 2006</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS FOR REHEARING NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -0097 SYLVANUS GORDON REESE & LOLA REESE v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />See Supreme Court Rule IX, § 6.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-B -0727 IN RE: MACK I. FRANK<br />Not considered; not timely filed. Judgment is definitive. La. Code Civ. P. Art. 2167; Supreme Court Rule XIX, § 26 (E).</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>REHEARINGS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">1998-KA-1078 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALLEN SNYDER (Parish of Jefferson)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant a rehearing.<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant a rehearing.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant a rehearing.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2005-C -0470 WAYNE COSBY, KARI FITZGERALD, JOHN FITZGERALD, STAN MCDONALD, KEITH STEVENS, KAREN WILLIAMS, CARL WILLIAMS, AND PETER OELSCHLAEGER v. HOLCOMB TRUCKING, INC., HENRY H. HOLCOMB, AND JOYCE M. HOLCOMB (Parish of Livingston)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant a rehearing.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2005-C -1594 YATA JACKSON, INDIVIDUALLY, TROY JACKSON, INDIVIDUALLY, AND YATA JACKSON AND TROY JACKSON ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR SON, TROY WILLIAMS, II v. TULANE MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL AND CLINIC AND ITS EMPLOYEES, AND DABNEY J. HAMNER, JR., M.D. AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant a rehearing.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant a rehearing.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant a rehearing.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2005-C -2274 DENHAM SPRINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT v. ALL TAXPAYERS, PROPERTYOWNERS AND CITIZENS OF THE DENHAM SPRINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT, AND NONRESIDENTS OWNING PROPERTY OR SUBJECT TO TAXATION THEREIN, AND ALL OTHER PERSONS INTERESTED IN OR AFFECTED IN ANY WAY BY THE ISSUANCE OF NOT TO EXCEED $50,000,000 DENHAM SPRINGS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DISTRICT SALES TAX INCREMENT BONDS (BASS PRO SHOPS PROJECT) IN ONE OR MORE SERIES, THE MEANS PROVIDED FOR THE PAYMENT AND SECURITY THEREOF AND RELATED MATTERS (Parish of Livingston)</p><p> </p>