FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 036

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 1st day of June, 2007, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s)listed below:

REHEARING(S) DENIED:

2004-KA-0204 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DANIEL JOSEPH BLANK
(Parish of Ascension)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant a rehearing.
KIMBALL, J., would grant a rehearing.

2006-C -1181 BETTY JO H. WRIGHT, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTRIX ON BEHALF OF THE MINOR CHILD, PETER B. WRIGHT, AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF NED D. WRIGHT, AND NED D. WRIGHT, JR. v. LOUISIANA POWER & LIGHT, MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA, INC., AND DAIMLER-BENZ AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT C/W BETTY JO H. HARRIS, A/K/A BETTY JO H. WRIGHT,INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTRIX ON BEHALF OF THE MINOR CHILD, PETER B. WRIGHT, AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF NED D. WRIGHT, AND NED D. WRIGHT, JR. v. DAIMLERCHRYSLER AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT, FORMERLY KNOWN AS DAIMLER-BENZ AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT AND MERCEDES-BENZ USA, LLC., FORMERLY KNOWN AS MERCEDES-BENZ OF NORTH AMERICA, INC., BERNARD CASSISA, ELLIOTT & DAVIS, AND CARROLL, BURDICK & MCDONOUGH, LLP (Parish of Ouachita)
KNOLL, J., would grant a rehearing.

2006-KO-1755 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GREGORY RUIZ (Parish of Iberia)