FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 107

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 23rd day of December, 1998 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

STAY GRANTED:

98-CC- 3164 ALBERT AVENAL, JR., ET AL v. DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (Parish of Plaquemines)

STAY DENIED; WRIT DENIED :

98-KD- 3157 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ULYSSES JONES (Parish of Jefferson)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

WRIT DENIED :

98-CC- 3167 FLOYD J. RIVERE, ET UX v. NPC SERVICES INC. ET AL (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

On the 28th day of December, 1998 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER :

98-CC- 3163 EARL J. FRANZ v. FIRST BANK SYSTEM, INC. ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

WRIT DENIED :

98-KK- 3175 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ULYSSES JONES (Parish of Jefferson)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.