FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 037

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 30th day of June, 2006, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

REHEARING DENIED; UNTIMELY:

2005-K -0779 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DANNY RAY SHERMAN (Parish of Rapides)


REHEARING DENIED:

2005-C -0846 MICHAEL D. HAMILTON v. ROYAL INTERNATIONAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND ELMER B. LITCHFIELD, SHERIFF & TAX COLLECTOR OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant a rehearing.
KIMBALL, J., would grant a rehearing.
JOHNSON, J., would grant a rehearing.