<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width="90%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td valign="top" width="63%">FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE</td><td valign="top" width="37%"><div align="right">NEWS RELEASE #023</div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td valign="top">FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><div style="text-align:justify;"><p>On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>31st day of March, 2003</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED</span>:</strong></p><p>2003-CC- 0912 JESSE CLARENCE BROWN v. GORDON RAMSAY (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p> </p><p>On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>1st day of April, 2003</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">RESIGNATION(S) ACCEPTED; SEE ORDER</span>:</strong></p><p><a href="/opinions/2003/03OB0722.pc.pdf">2003-OB-0722 IN RE: EDWIN W. EDWARDS</a></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION</span>:</strong></p><p>2003-CD-0889 MICHAEL D. DAVIS v. YAMAHA MOTOR CORPORATION, U.S.A., ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)</p><p> </p><p>On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>2nd day of April, 2003 </strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED</span>:</strong></p><p>2003-CC-0849 LOUIS AND JENNIFER BLALOCK, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIRMINOR CHILD, JULIE BLALOCK, ET AL. v. NEW HORIZON KIDS QUEST, IV, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Avoyelles)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p>2003-CC-0850 KENYAWN AUGUSTINE, ET AL. v. NEW HORIZON KIDS QUEST, IV., INC., ET AL. (Parish of Avoyelles)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION</span>:</strong></p><p>2003-C -0776 GREGORY E. STROSCHER v. CYNTHIA B. STROSCHER</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED</span>:</strong></p><p>2003-CC-0631 GENE ALONZO, ET AL. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, ET AL. (Parish of St.Bernard)<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-OK-0946 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLIFFORD DUPLESSY (IN RE: MARTIN E. REGAN, JR., CONTEMPT) (Parish of Jefferson)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., recused.</p><p> </p><p>On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>3rd day of April, 2003</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>ALL PROCEEDINGS STAYED</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2003-CC-0934 IN RE: MYERS & SONS ENTERPRISES, INC. v. CHRISTOPHER YOUNG, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION</span>:</strong></p><p>2002-K -2590 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KIRK HATCHER (Parish of Orleans)</p><p> </p><p>On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>4th day of April, 2003</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED</span>:</strong></p><p>2002-CC-3060 INTERNATIONAL RIVER CENTER, ET AL. v. JOHNS-MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2003-C -0136 NABORS DRILLING USA v. DAVID DAVIS (Office Of Workers' Compensation, District No. 4)</p><p>2003-C -0202 JODY AND LORA BORDELON, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILD, BRANDON v. MEDICAL CENTER OF BATON ROUGE AND ANDREW T. ZARUSKI, M.D. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2003-C -0209 SHIRLEY STINER v. ANTONI'S ITALIAN CAFE' (Office of Workers' Compensation District 4)</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER</span>:</strong></p><p>2002-KP-2059 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JERMAINE BARNES (Parish of Orleans)<br /><a href="/opinions/2003/02KP2059.ord.pdf">See Per Curiam.</a><br />KIMBALL, J., would deny the writ.<br />JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ.<br />KNOLL, J., would deny the writ.</p><p>2002-C -3198 SYLVIA GREEN v. K-MART CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Iberia)</p><p>2003-CC-0229 HEIDI KLEMPER LAYTON v. DARYL NEWELL (Parish of St. Tammany)<br /><a href="/opinions/2003/03CC0229.pc.pdf">See Per Curiam.</a></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">TRANSFERRED TO THE COURT OF APPEAL</span>:</strong></p><p>2002-KH-1258 STATE EX REL. PATRICK WILSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E.Baton Rouge)</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER; OTHERWISE DENIED</span>:</strong></p><p>2002-KH-0363 STATE EX REL DONALD R. MATTHEWS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />KIMBALL, J., would deny the writ.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would deny the writ.<br />WEIMER, J., would deny the writ.</p><p>2002-C -2990 SHARON R. COATS v. HERITAGE MANOR OF ALEXANDRIA REHABILITATION NURSING CENTER, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would deny the writ.</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED IN PART; NOT CONSIDERED IN PART:</strong></span></p><p>2003-CC-0165 GINGER BAILEY, ET AL. v. DR. GREGORY KHOURY, ET AL. AND OTHER CASES (Parish of Orleans)<br /><a href="/opinions/2003/03CC0165.pc.pdf">See Per Curiam.</a></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">ADMISSION GRANTED</span>:</strong></p><p>2002-OB-1701 IN RE: SHAWN LINDSAY<br /><a href="/opinions/2003/02OB1701.pc.pdf">See Per Curiam.</a></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">REINSTATEMENT(S) GRANTED</span>:</strong></p><p>2003-OB-0294 IN RE: HOBART O. PARDUE, JR.<br /><a href="/opinions/2003/03OB0294.pc.pdf">See Per Curiam.<br /></a>CALOGERO, C.J., recused.</p><p>2003-OB-0654 IN RE: DAVID L. SHALL<br /><a href="/opinions/2003/03OB0654.pc.pdf">See Per Curiam.</a></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">RECONSIDERATION NOT CONSIDERED</span>:</strong></p><p>2003-CC-0187 SHERRY WATTERS, ET AL. v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br /><a href="/opinions/2003/03CC0187.pfc.dis.pdf">CALOGERO, C.J., would grant reconsideration and assigns reasons.<br /></a>JOHNSON, J., would grant the reconsideration.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED</span>:</strong></p><p>2003-C -0283 RICK E. WHITE v. JERRY'S MACHINE & FABRICATION, INC. (Workers'Compensation, District-03)</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">MOTION(S) TO ENFORCE GRANTED WITH ORDER</span>:</strong></p><p>2000-KH-0580 STATE EX REL JAMES MORRISON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2000-KH-2351 STATE EX REL DENAUD EGANA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2000-KH-3233 STATE EX REL RENNIE ATWELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2001-KH-0190 STATE EX REL HOWARD RAPP v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED</span>:</strong></p><p>2002-KO-0378 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES K, KRITZMAN, JR. (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., JOHNSON & KNOLL, J.J., would grant the writ application. The record of the habitual offender adjudication does not indicate that the state proved that defendant's 1993 guilty plea in Michigan to malicious destruction of personal property over $100, a felony offense in that jurisdiction, "if committed in this state would be a felony." La. Rev. Stat. 15:529.1(A)(1); State ex rel. Wilson v. Maggio, 422 So.2d 1121, 1123-24 (La. 1982); State v. Berndt, 416 So.2d 56, 58-59 (La. 1982). The district court should be ordered to hold another habitual offender adjudication at which the state will have the opportunity to prove that defendant's Michigan conviction would have constituted a felony if committed in Louisiana.</p><p>2002-KH-1101 STATE EX REL. ERNEST M. SERIO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2002-KO-1105 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CRAIG M. GORDON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2002-KO-1116 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LARRY R. PRICE (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2002-KO-1118 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERRY LANE RHODES (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p>2002-KH-1136 STATE EX REL DAVID MARTELLO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2002-KH-1139 STATE EX REL JOSEPH LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2002-KH-1141 STATE EX REL. RODNEY G. HUNTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Desoto)</p><p>2002-KO-1143 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GREGORY BROWN (Parish of East Feliciana)</p><p>2002-KH-1183 STATE EX REL. MARVIN JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2002-KH-1195 STATE EX REL CLAYTON FAGGIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2002-KH-1209 STATE EX REL. KIRK ROBERTSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2002-KH-1236 STATE EX REL. LARRY LOYA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p>2002-KH-1245 STATE EX REL FRANCIS J. GERRETS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2002-KH-1246 STATE EX REL ROBERT D. JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Beauregard)</p><p>2002-KH-1247 STATE EX REL ROBERT SPENCER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2002-KH-1252 STATE EX REL. JIMMY NEE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p>2002-KH-1255 STATE EX REL HARRY PORTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2002-KH-1256 STATE EX REL. ERNEST STOKES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St.Tammany)</p><p>2002-KH-1257 STATE EX REL GANEY HYMES III v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vernon)</p><p>2002-KH-1260 STATE EX REL. LARRY BROUSSARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2002-KH-1274 STATE EX REL HENRY SMITH III v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p>2002-KH-1285 STATE EX REL. CASSONDRA LEVERT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2002-KH-1286 STATE EX REL TRELEAH SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2002-K -1502 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ARCHESTER SMITH (Parish of Caddo)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2002-C -2295 DEVONNA C. JOSEPH v. J.E. MERIT CONSTRUCTORS, INS. (Parish of E.Baton Rouge)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2002-K -2588 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PERRY POOLER (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p>2002-K -2769 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARCUS DORON FLOYD (Parish of Lincoln)</p><p>2002-K -2781 STATE OF LOUSIANA v. PEDRO BACOT (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2002-K -2788 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EMANUEL RANDALL (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2002-K -2874 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN J. CHO (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2002-K -2875 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CARLOS DEWAYNE WADE (Parish of Caddo)</p><p>2002-K -2900 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN TRACY (Parish of St. James)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., recused.</p><p>2002-K -2915 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT J. BURT (Parish of Orleans)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2002-C -3084 WILLIAM WALL MORRIS v. BASS ENTERPRISES PRODUCTION COMPANY, ET AL.(Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p>2003-C -0108 MORRIS MILLER WILLSON v. UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF ELBERT DAVIS, ET AL. (Parish of Concordia)</p><p>2003-C -0203 SHIRLEY M. AVANTS AND JIM W. MILEY v. JOHN NEELY KENNEDY, SECRETARY,DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND TAXATION, STATE OF LOUISIANA, AND ELMER LITCHFIELD, SHERIFF OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-C -0217 ANDREW WATSON, ET AL. v. DR. STEVEN BRAZEEL AND THE MEDICAL PROTECTIVE COMPANY (Parish of Ouachita)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-C -0231 JOHN W. PERTUIS v. ARCHITECTURAL FABRICATIONS, INC. (Office Of Workers' Compensation Administration District 5)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-C -0273 LANCE A. TARANTO v. STRANCO, INC. CONSOLIDATED WITH LANCE A. TARANTO v. STRANCO, INC. (Office of Workers' Comp. Dist. 6)</p><p>2003-C -0277 IN RE: JOYCE WOODS APPLYING FOR MEDICAL REVIEW PANEL (Parish of Jefferson)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-C -0280 ALBERTSON'S, INC. v. JESSICA MOULDS (Workers' Compensation-Dist 03)<br />KIMBALL, J., recused.</p><p>2003-OC-0284 STEVEN ROSEN, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HIS MINOR CHILDREN, JORDAN ROSEN AND COURTNEY ROSEN, AND ROBIN RENEE FULLER, WIFE OF STEVEN ROSEN v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY, RYAN STURPRICH AND ADELE LEJUNE (Parish of Orleans)<br /><a href="/opinions/2003/03OC0284.pfc.con.pdf">CALOGERO, C.J., concurs in denial and assigns reasons.</a></p><p>2003-C -0285 EVELYN LEMONS v. SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-C -0286 JUDY BELLARD v. JOHNNY R. BIDDLE, JR., M.D. (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-C -0288 LOUISIANA ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS, INC. v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, LOUISIANA AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AUTHORITY, AND BOB ODOM, COMMISSIONER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2003-CC-0289 LOUISIANA ASSOCIATED GENERAL CONTRACTORS, INC. v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, LOUISIANA AGRICULTURAL FINANCE AUTHORITY, AND BOB ODOM, COMMISSIONER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2003-C -0292 JOSEPH A. SAGE, M.D. v. RADIOLOGY AND DIAGNOSTIC SERVICES, L.L.C. (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p>2003-CC-0296 SHANE CLAVIER AND JAMIE CLAVIER v. LAY DOWN SERVICES, INC., ET AL (Parish of Cameron)</p><p>2003-C -0301 PHYLLIS M. BROUSSARD v. CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION (Office Of Workers' Compensation-District 03)</p><p>2003-C -0306 PALACE PROPERTIES, L.L.C. v. SIZELER HAMMOND SQUARE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (Parish of Tangipahoa)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p>2003-C -0308 JOHN AND JANE ROACH v. BURDE L. KAMATH, RIVERSIDE COURT CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION INC., ABC INSURANCE COMPANY AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2003-CC-0317 ALLEN J. THIBODEAUX, SR. AND KATHY THIBODEAUX v. SHELTER MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Martin)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-C -0318 JEFFERSON DOOR COMPANY, INC. v. FORMAN CONSTRUCTION, INC. A/K/A H. FORMAN CONSTRUCTION, INC., JAMES G. CHAUVIN, AND STEFANIE FAULKNER GALLAGHER, WIFE OF/AND DANIEL J. GALLAGHER (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2003-C -0319 J. JUDE QUEBEDEAUX AND WENDY QUEBEDEAUX v. THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY AND JOHN DANDRIDGE, RELIANCE INSURANCE CO. AND DORINCO REINSURANCE CO. (Parish of Iberville)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-C -0320 HEMAN LEBLANC AND JOANN LEBLANC v. WESTERN HERITAGE INS. CO. AND ANTHOS "BOY" WILLIAMS, D/B/A BOYZ AUTO REPAIR (Parish of St. John)</p><p>2003-C -0626 THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS v. ALL TAXPAYERS, PROPERTY OWNERS, CITIZENS OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND NON-RESIDENTS OWNING PROPERTY OR SUBJECT TO TAXATION THEREIN, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2003-CC-0754 KENNETH RAY HATLEY v. C.O.B. SAND & GRAVEL, L.L.C. (Office of Worker's Compensation Dist.6)<br /><a href="/opinions/2003/03CC0754.pfc.con.pdf">CALOGERO, C.J., concurs in denial and assigns reasons.</a></p><p>2003-CC-0787 SHERRY WATTERS, ET AL. v. DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, ET AL.(Parish of Orleans)<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-CK-0808 STATE IN THE INTEREST OF C.F., E.M., J.R., C.S. (Parish of Orleans) TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-KH-0825 STATE EX REL THOMAS YOUNG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p> </p><p> </p></div>