FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 056

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 29th day of June, 2001 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of

Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

REHEARING(S) DENIED :

2000-K - 1246 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NORMAN EDWARDS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

Judge Anne Lennan Simon, of the Sixteenth Judicial District Court, assigned as Justice ad hoc, sitting for Justice Jeffery Victory, recused.

Justice Harry T. Lemmon, retired, participated in the decision in this case which was argued prior to his retirement.

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

LEMMON, J., would grant a rehearing.

2000-C - 2349 C/W  2000-C - 2403   RODNEY HENDRICK v. ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, DEF INSURANCE COMPANY, XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

Justice Harry T. Lemmon, retired, participated in the decision in this case which was argued prior to his retirement.

JOHNSON, J., would grant a rehearing.