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NEWS RELEASE # 007

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 16th day of January, 2004, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:

2004-CC- 0149 CHRISTY SALVANT v. THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2004-CC- 0177 MARTINEZ MANAGEMENT, INC. AND JACK GAMBLE v. DEBORAH CASTON AND LAWRENCE CASTON (Parish of Desoto)

On the 20th day of January, 2004, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:

2004-CC- 0190 PHYLLIS K. ROBY DOERR, ET AL. v. MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of St. Bernard)

KIMBALL, J., dissents and assigns reasons.

JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ application.

On the 23rd day of January, 2004, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

APPLICATION(S) DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION:

1999-CC- 2931 U.S. TEST, INC. v. SAMIR BERJAOUI, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)

1999-CC- 3287 SOUTHGATE FARMS, INC. v. PURINA MILLS, INC., ET AL. C/W ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL, LTD. ET AL. v. PURINA MILLS, INC., ET AL. C/W

ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL, LTD. v. J. R. DIAL DBA DIAL'S FARMS, ET AL. C/W SOUTHGATE FARMS, INC. v. J. R. DIAL D/B/A DIAL'S FARMS, ET AL. (Parish of Caldwell)