Memorandum

To:	Judge Edward H. Johnson

Judge J.D. Smith

Senior Judge Harold Banke
From:	William L. Martin, III
Subject:	Assignment of Cases to Senior Judge Banke
Date:	June 11, 1998

Previously the clerk's office had assigned the following cases from Judge Johnson's office to Senior Judge Banke for him to author the opinions:

Month	Case No.	Case Style	Code	Status
March	A98A0704	Gibson v. Casto	96039	ND
March	A98A0749	HSU 's v. Hospitality	96042	ND
March	A98A0752	Blackwell v. The State	96034C	ND

Since Senior Judge Banke is assuming Presiding Judge Birdsong's caseload, these cases will have to circulate to Judge Johnson and Judge Smith for voting.

Any case which Presiding Judge Birdsong authored or participated in voting, which did not go out by June 5th, must be circulated to Senior Judge Banke .

Also, attached please find a list of pending cases for the Second Division in which oral argument was granted. Case A98A1299 and forward have not yet been argued.

If you have any questions about this matter, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Thank you.

Attachment

cc:	Mae Olson

Sabrina Bishop

Eula Nelson

Gail Arceneaux

Marti Terry

After Judge Banke has completed the draft of the opinion, it should circulate to your office and Judge Smith's office for purposes of voting on the opinion.

The following case was to be circulated to Judge Banke for him to vote on in lieu of Judge Smith:
Month	Case No.	Case Style	Code	Status
May	A98A1065	Homeland v. Rahall & Fryer	96060
May	A98A1083	Kidd v. Coates	96061

If there is a problem with assigning any of these cases to Senior Judge Banke , please let me know.

cc:	Senior Judge Banke

Bud Tirey

Marti Terry