FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 99

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

The opinion handed down on the 23 rd day of November, 1999 , is as follows:

BY LEMMON, J. :

99-KA- 1546 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TRACY R. ALFONSO, ET AL (AND ALL OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES) (Parish of St. Bernard)

(Violation of Mullet Regulation)

The judgment of the district court declaring La. Adm. Code tit. 76, Part VII, §343E5 unconstitutional and granting the motion to quash the charges against all defendants is affirmed.

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel. Rule IV, Part 2, §3.