FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 071

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 3rd day of September, 1999 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

REHEARING GRANTED IN PART; DENIED IN PART; SEE PER CURIAM :

98-C - 1601 C/W 98-C - 1609 FRED PETERSON v. GIBRALTAR SAVINGS AND LOAN, CLUB WEST, INC., THE GALLERIA INVESTMENT CORPORATION, D/B/A GALLERIA ONE AND/OR THE GALLERIA, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO, C.J. - concurs in part and dissents in part and assigns reasons.

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

KNOLL, J. - concurs in part and dissents in part for reasons assigned by Calogero, C.J.

REHEARINGS DENIED :

98-C - 0551 MAJOR BANKS, CHRISTOPHER EDWARDS, ET AL v. THE NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE CO., ET AL (Parish of Pointe Coupee)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant a rehearing.

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel, recused.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant a rehearing.

VICTORY, J. - recused.

AMY, J. (ad hoc) - would grant a rehearing.

98-C - 0961 THE ESTATE OF GASTON PATOUT AND ROY PATOUT v. THE CITY OF NEW IBERIA, LOUISIANA C/W SQUIRREL RUN INVESTMENT GROUP, INC. v. THE CITY OF NEW IBERIA C/W THE ESTATE OF GASTON PATOUT v. CITY OF NEW IBERIA (Parish of Iberia)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 1976 CARLAS ANN SEXTON FOLSE v. DARRYL GERARD FOLSE (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant a rehearing.

MARCUS, J. - would grant a rehearing.

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

VICTORY, J. - would grant a rehearing.

98-C - 2313 ANN LANG FITZGERALD v. THOMAS C. TUCKER, ET UX (Parish of Lafayette)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 2378 PATRICIA DESHOTEL CORMIER, ET AL v. MICKEY L. COMEAUX, ET AL C/W MICKEY LOUIS COMEAUX, ET AL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, ET AL (Parish of Acadia)

CALOGERO, C.J. - concurs and assigns reasons.

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON & KNOLL, JJ. - would grant a rehearing.

98-C - 2431 SANDRA M. LUDWIG AND WALTER A. LUDWIG v. JEFFERSON PERFORMING ARTS SOCIETY (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-CQ- 3080 IN THE MATTER OF: HORACE E. WILSON; ALYNE DALE WILSON; HORACE E. WILSON; ALYNE DALE WILSON v. BRENT BRYAN, JENNIFER BRYAN BARBER (On Certification from the U.S. Court of Appeal, Fifth

Circuit)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.