<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="90%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td valign="top" width="63%">FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE</td><td valign="top" width="37%"><div align="right">NEWS RELEASE #068</div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td valign="top">FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><div style="text-align:justify;"><p>On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>31th day of August, 2001</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>REHEARING(S) DENIED</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>1998-KA- 1417 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JUAN A. SMITH (Parish of Orleans )<br />Retired Judge Philip C. Ciaccio, assigned as Justice Pro Tempore, participated for Justice Harry T. Lemmon, retired.</p><p>1999-KO- 1895 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MATTHEW WAYNE MORGAN (Parish of Rapides)<br />Justice Harry T. Lemmon, retired, participated in the decision in this case which was argued prior to his retirement.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant a rehearing.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant a rehearing.</p><p>1999-CC- 2559 MICHAEL WAYNE POPE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, ET AL (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />Victory, J., not on panel, Rule IV, Part 2, Section 3.<br />Justice Walter F. Marcus, Jr. and Justice Harry T. Lemmon, retired, participated in the decision in this case which was argued prior to their retirement.</p><p>2000-C - 1983 CITY OF PINEVILLE v. AMERICAN FEDERATION OF STATE, COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL EMPLOYEES. AFL-CIO, LOCAL 3352 (Parish of Rapides)<br />Justice Harry T. Lemmon, retired, participated in the decision in this case which was argued prior to his retirement.</p><p>2000-OB- 2721 IN RE: THOMAS B. BROUSSARD<br />Retired Judge Robert A. Lobrano, assigned as Justice Pro Tempore, participated for Justice Harry T. Lemmon, retired; Judge Felicia Toney Williams, of the Second Circuit Court of Appeal, assigned as Justice Pro Tempore, participated for Justice Bernette J. Johnson, and retired Justice Walter F. Marcus, Jr., assigned as Justice Ad Hoc, participated for Justice Jeanette T. Knoll, recused.<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant a rehearing.</p><p>2000-C - 3234 JAMES HOWARD v. WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)<br />Retired Judge Robert L. Lobrano, assigned as Justice Pro Tempore, participated for Justice Harry T. Lemmon, retired; Judge Felicia Toney Williams, of the Second Circuit Court of Appeal, assigned as Justice Pro Tempore, participated for Justice Bernette J. Johnson.<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant a rehearing.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant a rehearing.</p><p>2000-C - 3416 SHIRLEY BRANDT v. DR. ALAN J. ENGLE AND BOSTON OLD COLONY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)<br />Retired Judge Robert L. Lobrano, assigned as Justice Pro Tempore, participated for Justice Harry T. Lemmon, retired; Judge Felicia Toney Williams, of the Second Circuit Court of Appeal, assigned as Justice Pro Tempore, participated for Justice Bernette J. Johnson.</p><p> </p><p> </p></div>