FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 033

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 13th day of March, 1996 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

WRIT DENIED; STAY DENIED :

96-CC- 0642 DOUGLAS ABADIE, ET AL v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

On the 14th day of March, 1996 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION TO BAR GRANTED:

95-OB- 2389 IN RE: GARY E. HARVEY

See Order.

VICTORY, J. - dissents from the order.
 

STAY ORDER RECALLED; WRIT DENIED:

96-CC- 0601 NORMA VALENCIA BARTELS DE NUNEZ v. EDUARDO FELIPE VALENCIA BARTELS AND FORTY ONE CORPORATION (Parish of Washington)
 

STAY DENIED: WRIT DENIED:

96-KK- 0605 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CALVIN BROWN (Parish of Acadia)
 

WRITS DENIED :

96-CC- 0632 MRS. CORRY PETER GIROIR, SR. v. TEXACO PIPELINE, INC. TEXACO, INC. ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

96-CC- 0651 ASBESTOS PLAINTIFFS v. BORDEN, INC., ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

96-KD- 0655 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALLISON SCOTT THIBODEAUX (Parish of Calcasieu)

On the 15th day of March, 1996 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

WRITS GRANTED :

95-C - 3027 ALFRED NICHOLES, ET AL v. MOTORS INSURANCE CORPORATION, ANGELA FISHER AND WILLIAM FISHER (Parish of St. Helena)

95-C - 3054 SHANNON O'ROURKE, WIFE OF/AND GEORGE O'ROURKE v. MARK CAIRNS, D.D.S. (Parish of Jefferson)

96-C - 0145 HUEY J. RIVET, ET ALS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT (Parish of St. Charles)

LEMMON, J. - recused.
 

WRITS GRANTED WITH ORDER :

96-CC- 0348 RIVER ROAD CONSTRUCTION INC. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant and docket.

LEMMON, J. - would grant and docket.

96-KH- 0519 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLARENCE FOY (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - dissenting. I would grant the writ and order the district court to comply with our previous order of February 2, 1996. State ex rel. Foy v. State 96-0225 (La. 2/2/96), ---So.2d---. La.C.Cr.P. art. 930.1 plainly and explicitly requires the district court to furnish an inmate with a copy of the judgment granting or denying relief "and written or transcribed reasons for the judgment ...." (Emphasis added.) See State ex rel. Baker v. State, 95-2228 (La. 12/8/95), ---So.2d---; State ex rel. Whittaker v. Lombard, 559 So.2d 116 (La. 1990). While the reasons for judgment need not necessarily rise to the level of per curiam comments to assignments of error filed in the district court in connection with an appeal, see La.C.Cr.P. art. 844(D); La.C.Cr.P. art. 916(1), the court must comply with the present wording of art. 930.1 and its explicit directive to issue reasons for judgment, even without a request by the inmate. The legislature of course has the right to change this requirement should it perceive it to be unduly burdensome on district courts.

VICTORY, J. - dissents for reasons assigned by Calogero, C.J.

96-KH- 0578 STATE EX REL EUGENE JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

96-KH- 0588 STATE EX REL WARREN A. SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)
 

WRIT GRANTED AND TRANSFERRED TO COURTS OF APPEAL :

96-KH- 0583 STATE EX REL JOHN D. BASS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans) (Court of Appeal Fourth Circuit)

96-KH- 0591 STATE EX REL DALE WEBSTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary) (Court of Appeal First Circuit)

96-KH- 0594 STATE EX REL LEROY CARTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans) (Court of Appeal Fourth Circuit)
 

WRITS GRANTED AND TRANSFERRED TO DISTRICT COURTS :

96-KH- 0522 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTHONY WELLS (Parish of Orleans)

96-KH- 0580 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIE BRAY A/K/A HARVEY JONES (Parish of Orleans)

96-KH- 0640 STATE EX REL ELLIS GUILLOT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

WRITS GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER / DENIED IN PART :

93-KH- 2460 STATE EX REL EDWARD HICKMAN v. JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN (Parish of Orleans)

95-C - 3098 SYLVIA HILL TRISLER v. ADMINISTRATOR, OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY AND EXXON CORPORATION, HOUSTON (Parish of Livingston)
 

APPLICATION DISMISSED AT RELATOR'S REQUEST:

96-CP- 0005 CHARLES A. BADEAUX v. CANDACE A. CUTRONE, M.D. (Parish of Jefferson)
 

SUSPENSION ORDERED:SEE PER CURIAM:

96-B - 0382 IN RE: TED A . LANDRY
 

STAY ORDER RECALLED; WRIT DENIED:

96-KK- 0132 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SHANDA CRAIN (Parish of Washington)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant and remand to the court of appeal for briefing, argument and opinion.

LEMMON, J. - would grant and remand to the court of appeal for briefing, argument and opinion.

VICTORY, J. - would grant and remand to the court of appeal for briefing, argument and opinion.
 

WRITS NOT CONSIDERED :

96-KK- 0217 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PATRICIA REED MINOR (Parish of Ouachita)

96-CP- 0529 LLOYD JAMES v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY (Parish of East Feliciana)
 

WRITS DENIED :

93-KH- 2393 STATE EX REL TOMMY L. WASHINGTON v. JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN (Parish of Bienville)

93-KH- 2424 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TONY CHARLES LEWIS (Parish of Winn)

VICTORY, J. - recused.

93-KH- 2431 STATE EX REL SAUL WHITTAKER v. CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT AND FOURTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL (Parish of Orleans)

93-KH- 2439 STATE EX REL HAROLD NORRIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

93-KH- 2446 STATE EX REL GEORGE HARRIS v. ORLEANS PARISH DISTRICT COURT (Parish of Orleans)

93-KH- 2485 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANDREW TWOHIG (Parish of Orleans)

93-KH- 2486 STATE EX REL WILLIE A. MARTIN, JR. v. N. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of St. Mary)

93-KH- 2489 STATE EX REL PHILLIP MALVEAUX v. JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN (Parish of Evangeline)

95-K - 2664 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. VINCENT LEE KING (Parish of Sabine)

95-K - 2946 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FLOYD ALLEN (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

95-K - 2953 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALTON GAVIN (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

95-K - 2975 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRELL O'NEAL (Parish of Terrebonne)

95-K - 2980 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT SPEARS (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J. - recused.
 

95-K - 2988 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD RAY JOHNSON (Parish of East Feliciana)

95-K - 2991 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STEVE GALES (Parish of Orleans)

95-K - 2992 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HERMAN J. BERNARD (Parish of Orleans)

95-C - 3094 BILLY R. BASS AND JUDY H. BASS v. DUDLEY COUPEL AND ROSA COUPEL (Parish of Iberville)

96-C - 0073 WOOLF & MAGEE A DIVISION OF DI INDUSTRIES, INC. ET AL v. JAMES E. HUGHES (Parish of Calcasieu)

KIMBALL, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 0114 MARY HELLEN HATTEN, ET AL v. KEITH PRICE AND WAL-MART CORPORATION (Parish of Rapides)

WATSON, J. - votes to grant the writ.

96-C - 0146 SUCCESSION OF RAPHAEL ELMO DEL BUNO, SR. (Parish of St. Tammany)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant the writ.

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 0147 MICHAEL NAUCK, KAREN NAUCK, WILLIAM MUNCH AND LAURA MUNCH v. FEDERAL PACIFIC ELECTRIC CO., PROJECT SQUARE 221 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, METROPOLITAN INSURANCE CO., ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0148 ERIC WILLIAMS v. ESPER MARIONNEAUX LUMBER CO., ETAL (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 5)

96-C - 0149 LOWELL STOCKSTILL v. C. F. INDUSTRIES, INC. ET AL (Parish of Ascension)

96-CC- 0150 SHELDON DWIGHT SIBLEY v. VIRGANNA RAE WEBER SIBLEY (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

VICTORY, J. - votes to grant the writ.

96-C - 0152 GLENN MECHE v. FOREMOST MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, HOUSTON GENERAL INSURANCE (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 3)

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 0153 DAVID BLANCHARD AND DAWN BLANCHARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Livingston)

96-KK- 0154 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GARY R. FREEMAN (Parish of Morehouse)

96-C - 0155 MICHAEL NAUCK, KAREN NAUCK, WILLIAM MUNCH AND LAURA MUNCH v. FEDERAL PACIFIC ELECTRIC CO., PROJECT SQUARE 221 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, METROPOLITAN INSURANCE CO., ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0157 GEORGE E. CHEATHON v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (Department of Civil Service)
 

96-C - 0160 LOUIS WILLIAMS v. HOSPITAL SERVICE, INC., D/B/A WEST JEFFERSON HOSPITAL (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 7)

96-C - 0164 ANITA WILLEY v. JONATHAN ROBERTS, ALVA JACK EDWARDS, ROGER P. GUISSINGER AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

96-C - 0165 SHERION J. HOLLINGSWORTH v. EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 2)

96-C - 0167 FLOYD P. BUTCHER v. AUGUSTUS F. BROWN, ET AL (Parish of Terrebonne)

96-C - 0168 RONALD G. ARDOIN AND PATRICIA ARDOIN, HIS WIFE v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURGH, ET AL (Parish of West Baton Rouge)

96-CC- 0169 IN RE: REGIONS BANKS OF LOUISIANA AND C. C. DABADIE (Commission on Ehtics for Public Employees)

96-C - 0171 MONA L. BUTLER AND ELMOND BUTLER v. K MART CORPORATION (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

MARCUS, J. - votes to grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - votes to grant the writ.

96-C - 0175 MICHAEL HELWICK, AS TRUSTEE OF THE GERTRUDE AND JOSEPH HELWICK GRANDCHILDREN'S TRUST, MICHAEL L. HELWICK, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE MICHAEL L. HELWICK CHILDREN'S TRUST AND MICHAEL L. HELWICK, AS TRUSTEE OF THE STEPHEN A. HELWICK CHILDREN'S TRUST v. MONTGOMERY VENTURES LTD., L. C. MONTGOMERY, JR., AND HYDRODYNE ENVIRONMENTAL INC. (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0177 ROBERT WHIDDON, SR. AND JOYCE WHIDDON, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN DANA JOYCE WHIDDON, AMBER RENE' WHIDDON AND LACIE MARIE WHIDDON v. CNA INSURANCE COMPANY AND J.E. MERIT CONSTRUCTORS, INC. (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

96-C - 0180 STRICTLY LEGAL, INC. v. LEGAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS, INC., LISA M. GOINGS, WENDY DECKER, CAVERY UTHAPPA, DENNIS JOHNSON, DAN MCCLOUD AND CAJUN ELECTRIC POWER COOPERATIVE (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

96-C - 0183 RONALD TICHENOR v. THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF NEW ORLEANS, ST. RITA'S CHURCH OF NEW ORLEANS, DINO CINEL, UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, INTERNATIONAL SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY, TWIN CITY FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0184 ANTONIO F. ANZALONE v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 6)

96-C - 0186 DOUGLAS J. CHAUVIN, ET AL v. CAMPBELL WELLS CORPORATION ET AL (Parish of Lafourche)

96-C - 0187 MICHAEL SUMRALL v. LUHR BROTHERS (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 5)

96-C - 0188 JOHN LEJEUNE v. CAJUN PAINTING, INC.

(Office of Workers' Compensation District # 5)
 

96-C - 0189 JERRY JOE ROGERS v. PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE and THEIR INSURER ABC INSURANCE COMPANY SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY AND THEIR INSURER XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY, LOREN J. WILLIAMS AND CHAMPION INSURANCE CO., INC. (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

96-C - 0190 BETTY D. BURKETT, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR DAUGHTER, ASHLEY BURKETT v. ARABI CAB COMPANY, INC. (Parish of St. Bernard)

96-C - 0192 LOUIS WILLIAMS v. HOSPITAL SERVICE, INC., D/B/A WEST JEFFERSON HOSPITAL (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 7)

96-C - 0194 DEUTSCH, KERRIGAN & STILES v. RALPH FAGAN, ET AL C/W DEUTSCH, KERRIGAN & STILES v. RALPH G. FAGAN (Parish of Lafourche)

96-C - 0197 DIANE G. MELERINE, ET AL v. MARK G. BOBA, ET AL (Parish of St. Bernard)

96-CC- 0200 RUSSELL J. TOUCHET, ET AL v. FELICIA S. BAUDOIN, ET AL (Parish of Vermilion)

96-C - 0211 EVANS-GRAVES ENGINEERS, INC. v. BOBBY CUNARD, JR. (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

96-KK- 0215 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CURTIS LEE KYLES (Parish of Orleans)

96-CC- 0216 SEBELL E. CHASE JONES, v. McDONALD'S CORPORATION AND CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

96-C - 0220 ROGER DALE ARNOLD v. AIRBORNE FREIGHT CORPORATION, d/b/a AIRBORNE EXPRESS, AAA DELIVERY, INC. AND ELIZABETH BOUDREAUX (Parish of Terrebonne)

96-C - 0249 DR. DWIGHT MCKENNA v. ROBERT GLASS, JOHN W. REED, AND HOME INSURANCE CO. (Parish of Orleans)

96-CC- 0253 DONALD RAY HANCHETT v. LOUISVILLE LADDER, INC. (Parish of Calcasieu)

96-CC- 0258 LESTER SMITH v. QUARLES DRILLING COMPANY, ET AL (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 4)

96-C - 0260 CAROL MITCHELL WIFE OF/AND WILLIAM MITCHELL v. UNIROYAL GOODRICH TIRE COMPANY, INC., THE PERFORMANCE TIRE COMPANY, INC., AND CIGNA INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Bernard)

WATSON, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 0278 IN RE: ST. JAMES METHODIST CHURCH OF HAHNVILLE (Parish of St. Charles)

LEMMON, J. - recused.

96-KK- 0281 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CRAIG JONES (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 0283 NEW ORLEANS FIREFIGHTERS ASSOCIATION LOCAL 632, ET AL v. THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)
 

96-C - 0284 LARRY NELSON v. OCEAN DRILLING & EXPLORATION, INC. (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - votes to grant the writ.

96-C - 0286 GARY GODCHAUX, PHYLLIS GODCHAUX, ET AL v. METAIRIE BANK & TRUST, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0419 VELMA J. COCHENNIC v. DILLARD'S DEPARTMENT STORE WAREHOUSE (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 6)

96-KH- 0581 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SIDNEY MARTS (Parish of Orleans)