                    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
                         FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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                                       No. 98-30470
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                            STANDARD FINANCE, INC.,

                                                                        Plaintiff-Appellant,
                                             versus

  ST. JAMES PARISH; SOUTHERN GOVERNMENTAL FINANCE
    CORPORATION; VONDRA K. DRONE; JACK E. KOSLOW;
   ASCENSION PARISH; ST. CHARLES PARISH; ST. JOHN THE
       BAPTIST PARISH; WEST BATON ROUGE PARISH,

                                               Defendants-Appellees.
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                Appeal from the United States District Court
                    for the Middle District of Louisiana
                               (94-CV-1666)
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                            September 13, 1999

Before DUHE, BARKSDALE, and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges:

PER CURIAM:*
               AFFIRMED. See 5th Cir. Rule 47.6.




   *
    Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be
published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R.
47.5.4.
