FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE	NEWS RELEASE #71
FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 15th day of October, 2010, the following actions were taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:

STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:

2010-CC-2304 PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES USA, INC., AND PIONEER NATURAL RESOURCES COMPANY v. ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE CO., ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:

2010-CC-2296 PATRICIA BOURQUE v. ESSEX INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)

On the 18th day of October, 2010, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:

2010-KK-2343 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HERBERT NICHOLSON (Parish of Orleans)

On the 19th day of October, 2010, the following actions were taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:

CONDITIONAL ADMISSION GRANTED; SEE PER CURIAM:

2010-OB-2313 IN RE: DUSTIN L. POCHE

WRIT APPLICATION DISMISSED ON PARTIES’JOINT MOTION:

2010-KK-2168 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHRISTOPHER MITCHELL SMITH (Parish of St. James)