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Copart Opens in New Orleans

    BENICIA, Calif.--July 3, 2001--Copart, Inc. today announced that it has opened a new auction facility to serve the New Orleans area. With the addition of this 31-acre green-field facility Copart now has 84 locations in 37 states.
    "Copart started looking for a New Orleans location over two years ago," said Willis J. Johnson, Copart's Chief Executive Officer. "We have been through lengthy permitting and construction phases to establish this new state-of-the-art facility. Before this facility opened we were serving the area out of our Baton Rouge sites, which are over two hours away during commute times."
    Since March 2000, Copart has added 14 locations including sites in Boise, ID; Pasco, WA; West Palm Beach, FL; Abilene, TX; San Antonio, TX; Albuquerque, NM; Harrisburg, PA; Chatham, VA; Chicago Heights, IL; Shreveport, LA; Mt. Morris, PA; Martinez, CA; Lawrenceburg, KY and New Orleans, LA.