
    Vera M. RAINEY v. ENTERGY GULF STATES, INC. and Mike Case.
    No. 2000-CC-2329.
    Supreme Court of Louisiana.
    Aug. 4, 2000.
   In re Entergy Gulf States Inc.; Case, Mike; — Defendant(s); Applying for Supervisory and/or remedial Writs, Parish of Iberville, 18th Judicial District Court Div. A, No. 52-211; to the Court of Appeal, First Circuit, No. 00-CW-1423.

Granted. Relators represent that within thirty days of the trial court’s oral ruling, they advised the trial court of their intent to seek supervisory writs. The trial court fixed a deadline outside of the thirty day period and relators filed their application in the Court of Appeal within this deadline. On this basis, there is no justification for penalizing relators. Barnard v. Barnard, 96-0859 (La.6/24/96), 675 So.2d 734. Accordingly, the application is remanded to the Court of Appeal for expedited consideration on the merits.

LEMMON, J., concurs.

KIMBALL, J., not on panel.  