Memorandum

To:	Lorraine Sapp
From:	William L. Martin, III
Subject:	A98A0673 .	Jack Davis, et al v. Southern Exposition Management Company
Date:	January 12, 1998

On December 17, 1997 the Court issued an order denying the request for oral argument for failure to comply with Rule 28(a). Thereafter, on January 9, 1998, the Court granted their request for courtesy appearance, stating that no additional time will be allowed to argue pursuant to the grant of courtesy appearance.

Obviously, we should not send out an order stating no additional time will be granted for oral argument when we have previously denied the request for oral argument.

In the future, please make sure that oral argument has been granted prior to issuing the type of order we issued in A98A0673 on the courtesy appearance. The order granting courtesy appearance should have deleted the part of the last sentence in the order dealing with additional time for oral argument.

cc:	Gail Arceneaux