FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 028

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 12th day of April, 2005 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

TRANSFERRED TO DISABILITY INACTIVE STATUS :

2005-OB-0803       IN RE: BRADFORD D. CAREY

See Order.

MOTION DENIED; WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER; SEE PER CURIAM :

2005-O -0666       FINOVA CAPITAL CORPORATION v. SHORT'S PHARMACY , INC. AND MARTHA WOMACK (Parish of Franklin)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

2005-KK-0934       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDWIN STEWARD (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

On the 13th day of April, 2005 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

2005-CC-0961       MARCUS TODD ODOM v. JOHN PETER PHILLIPS, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

On the 14th day of April, 2005 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED :

2005-CC-0943       RICHARD PARROTT, IV v. JAMES A. FONTENOT, ET AL. (Parish of Evangeline)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

2005-CC-0963       AMELIA ANN COOK MATKINS, JAMES CLAIBORNE COOK, JR. AND CAMILLE FOSTER COOK,INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR DECEASED MOTHER, JOANN P. COOK v. CHRISTUS SCHUMPERT MEDICAL CENTER, ET AL (Parish of Caddo)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant in part.

On the 18th day of April, 2005 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION AS MOOT :

2005-CD-0944       KODI LASHAE COLLINS v. PAUL KEVIN JACK (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)