FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 091

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 10th day of December, 2004 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

REHEARING(S) DENIED :

2003-C - 3521      ALBERT J. AVENAL, JR., ET AL. v. THE STATE OF

LOUISIANA AND THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (Parish of Plaquemines)

Retired Judge Thomas C. Wicker, Jr., participating for Traylor, J., recused.