FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 072

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 3rd day of September, 2004, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2004-K - 0526       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEDRICK DONELL MOSES

(Parish of Rapides)

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ and assigns reasons.

2004-CC- 2244       DORIS ESLER PORTER, ET AL. v. HAROLD R. YORK, M.D.,

ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KK- 2255       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LOUIS KELLER, ET AL. (Parish

of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ and reinstate the judgment of the trial court.

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ and reinstate the judgment of the trial court.

WEIMER, J., would grant the writ and reinstate the judgment of the trial court.

On the 7th day of September, 2004, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

TRANSFERRED TO DISABILITY INACTIVE STATUE:

2004-OB- 2250       IN RE: PAUL HENRY KIDD

See Order.

2004-OB- 2259       IN RE: A. EDWARD HARDIN

See Order.

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2004-CC- 2258       ROY H. HARRISON, JR., ET AL. v. R.R. MORRISON & SON,

INC., ET AL. (Parish of Ouachita)

On the 9th day of September, 2004, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

APPLICATION DISMISSED ON JOINT MOTION:

2004-C - 1441       JAMES P. MCCLEARY, BARBARA MCCLEARY, AND J.P.

MCCLEARY OFFSHORE CONSTRUCTION, INC. v. MCDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC., OFFSHORE PIPELINES, INC., FRANK C. WADE AND RENE' JOFFRION, JR. (Parish of Lafourche)