FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE
 
NEWS RELEASE # 039

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 28th day of March, 1996 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

ALL PROCEEDINGS STAYED :

96-CC- 0750 MARSHALL HEIDER, ET AL v. ST. TAMMANY PARISH HOSPITAL, ET AL (St. Tammany Parish)
 

INTERIM SUSPENSION ORDERED:

96-B - 0280 IN RE: J. GREGORY CAVER

See Order.
 

WRIT DENIED :

96-KD- 0767 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GEORGE McCLOW (Parish of Orleans)

On the 29th day of March, 1996 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

WRITS GRANTED :

95-KP- 2385 STATE EX REL CLYDE STEWART v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0173 AVENUE PLAZA, L.L.C. v. SANDRA B. FALGOUST AND CARL CHASTANT, D/B/A CASON SALON (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - recused.

96-CC- 0700 ALLIANCE FOR AFFORDABLE ENERGY AND GARY L. GROESCH v. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, SUZANNE HAIK TERRELL, OLIVIER M. THOMAS, TROY CARTER, ROY GLAPION, ELLEN HAZEUR- DISTANT PEGGY WILSON AND JAMES SINGLETON (Parish of Orleans)
 

WRITS GRANTED WITH ORDER :

94-KH- 2128 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GEORGE JOLLA (Parish of Orleans)

95-KH- 2830 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL HARRY EDWARDS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Pointe Coupee)

96-KK- 0118 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONIELLE BANNISTER, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - would deny the writ.

96-C - 0319 AMCON OF LOUISIANA, INCORPORATED a/k/a KRMD AM/FM v. KEN A. BATTSON a/k/a K.C. DANIELS (Parish of Caddo)

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

LEMMON, J. - would grant and docket.

JOHNSON, J. - would deny the writ.
 

96-CC- 0337 FELICIANO LEJANO AND MELINDA LEJANO v. K. S. BANDAK, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J. - would deny the writ.

96-CC- 0368 MARRIOTT HOTEL PROPERTY II LIMITED PARTNERSHIP v. UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - would deny the writ.

96-CC- 0471 DORIS DUGAS v. GREGORY BENOIT, ET AL C/W MARY ALEXANDER v. GREGORY P. BENOIT, ET AL (Parish of Acadia)

LEMMON, J. - would deny the writ.

96-CP- 0485 GENE R. HESS, SR. & JR. v. WILLIAM GUSTE (Parish of Plaquemines)

96-KP- 0488 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARION F. GOWAN (Parish of Ouachita)

96-CA- 0543 MED EXPRESS AMBULANCE SERVICE, INC. v. EVANGELINE PARISH POLICE JURY, ET AL (Parish of Evangeline)

See Per Curiam.

96-KK- 0726 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JACQUELINE GARNER (Parish of Orleans)
 

SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:

96-B - 0602 IN RE: GERALD J. DAIGLE, JR.
 

WRITS TRANSFERRED TO COURTS OF APPEAL :

95-KH- 1940 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROY HARRIS (Parish of Calcasieu)

(Court of Appeal Third Circuit)

95-KH- 2547 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL SAMUEL WILLIAMS, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans) (Court of Appeal Fourth Circuit)

95-KH- 2793 STATE EX REL BOBBY DANIELS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge) (Court of Appeal First Circuit)

95-KH- 3111 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL HENRY JAMES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans) (Court of Appeal Fourth Circuit)
 

WRITS TRANSFERRED TO DISTRICT COURTS :

94-KH- 2266 STATE EX REL AUSTIN HERNANDEZ v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

95-KH- 2303 STATE OF LOUISIANA, EX REL CLEVELAND GOLDEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Livingston)

95-KH- 2846 STATE EX REL ROBERT MYLES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

96-KH- 0658 STATE EX REL DONALD G. WASCOM v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Livingston)
 

WRITS GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER / DENIED IN PART :

95-K - 1331 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM MATTHEW CALLAHAN (Parish of Bossier)

See Per Curiam.

MARCUS, J. - dissents and assigns reasons.
 

WRITS GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER / DENIED IN PART :

96-CC- 0364 KARL E. LEWIS, JR., FLORENCE JASTREMSKI, MARTHA LYNN LEWIS, THE TERREBONNE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND ALL SIMILARLY SITUATED CLASS MEMBERS v. TEXACO EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION CO., INC., FORMERLY THE TEXACO PRODUCING COMPANY, INC., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO GETTY OIL COMPANY, AND KOCH GATEWAY PIPELINE COMPANY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS SUCCESSOR IN INTEREST TO UNITED GAS PIPE LINE COMPANY (Parish of Terrebonne)

96-KK- 0726 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JACQUELINE GARNER (Parish of Orleans)
 

RECONSIDERATIONS DENIED :

93-KH- 2230 STATE EX REL ELVIS BROOKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

96-KH- 0324 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHNNY RAY LUNA (Parish of Jefferson)
 

WRITS NOT CONSIDERED :

96-C - 0444 LAVELLE TULLIS, ET UX v. RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY, ET AL (Parish of Rapides)

96-C - 0453 RICHARD LEFORE AND RICHARD LEFLORE v. BRIAN R. COBURN, STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, AND LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0569 MARIE WILLIAMS AS THE NATURAL TUTRIX OF HER MINOR CHILDREN, REGINALD EARL WILLIAMS AND BRENDA DIGGS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER DECEASED SON, XAVIER DIGGS AND AS NATURAL TUTRIX OF HER MINOR CHILD, CANNON DIGGS v. JOEY MUMPHREY, NOLA DELIVERY INC., ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY, JEFFERSON PARISH, STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Jefferson)
 

WRITS DENIED :

94-KH- 1261 STATE EX REL DREW MICHAEL PIZZO v. JUDGES FIFTH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL (Parish of Jefferson)

94-KH- 2847 STATE EX REL DAVID BASQUINE v. BYRON KAYLO, WARDEN (Parish of Orleans)

95-KH- 0010 STATE EX REL DREW MICHAEL PIZZO v. JUDGE(S), 5TH CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL (Parish of Jefferson)

95-KH- 0327 STATE EX REL ROY HUTTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)

95-CP- 2245 DREW M. PIZZO v. HON. JUDGES, 1ST CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEAL (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

95-KH- 2315 STATE EX REL MELVIN BENNETT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)

95-K - 2825 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GAIL SUE WILLARDS (Parish of Bossier)

95-C - 2942 KENNETH J. GUILBEAUX v. THE TIMES OF ACADIANA, INC., KEVIN KEAN AND GRAND CASINOS, INC. (Parish of Lafayette)

95-KO- 3107 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STEVE GALES (Parish of Orleans)

95-K - 3122 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARK A. STEVENS (Parish of Orleans)

96-KH- 0007 STATE EX REL EDMOND RANDOLPH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

96-KO- 0033 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARVIN WILTON (Parish of Calcasieu)

96-KO- 0041 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LUIS ANIBAL ALBERTO ALIAS ALBERTO L. ANIBAL A/K/A LOUIS ALBERTO (Parish of Jefferson)

96-KO- 0044 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DOLPH FINLEY (Parish of Rapides)

96-K - 0082 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARK ANTHONY JOHNSON (Parish of Rapides)

96-C - 0086 RABON AND CAROL AYERS v. DENNIS BRAZZEL, ET AL C/W HENRY AND SUSAN PAGE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF MINORS (Parish of Bossier)

96-K - 0088 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JENNIFER GLYNN (Parish of Lafourche)

96-KH- 0115 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CALVIN JEROME WILLIAMS (Parish of Morehouse)

96-C - 0193 THOMAS ODEN v. BAROID DRILLING FLUIDS, INC. (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.

KIMBALL, J. - would grant the writ.

96-CC- 0361 HAROLD E. WYATT, ET UX v. EUEL C. DILLARD, ET AL (Parish of Sabine)

96-C - 0408 PAUL HAWORTH AND DAVID DAWSON v. LESTER A. L'HOSTE, JR. AND DONALD W. EPPLEY (Parish of Plaquemines)

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 0410 SANDRA HENRY v. SCHWEGMANN GIANT SUPERMARKETS, INC.

(Office of Workers' Compensation District No. 7)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 0411 RICHARD LEFLORE AND CYNTHIA LEFLORE v. BRIAN R. COBURN, STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, AND LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0412 REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY VS. DONALD LEMOINE AND STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY CONSOLIDATED WITH DONALD LEMOINE VS. JOHNNIE WARNER AND REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0415 HERITAGE WORLDWIDE, INC. v. JIMMY SWAGGART MINISTRIES (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

96-C - 0417 HARRY H. HARRIS, III v. EVELYN G. MOORE AND SHANNON M. MOORE (Parish of Jefferson)

96-C - 0418 ANN MEXIC v. SIMON MEXIC AND SCOTT B. MEXIC (Parish of Jefferson)

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.
 

96-C - 0420 STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, OFFICE OF FAMILY SUPPORT, IN THE INTEREST OF ARIANE PATRICE EMMA HOLLAND, MINOR CHILD OF NANCY LEE HOLLAND v. KENNETH PLAISANCE (Parish of Orleans)

96-KK- 0421 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ERIC MATTHEW PROCTOR (Parish of Lafayette)

96-CC- 0422 HAROLD E. WYATT, ET UX v. EUEL C. DILLARD, ET AL (Parish of Sabine)

96-C - 0423 MCDONALD SALES CORPORATION v. D.H. HOLMES, CO.. LTD. C/W MCDONALD SALES CORPORATION v. CHRYSLER FIRST WHOLESALE CREDIT, INC. AND OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0428 SECURITY CENTER PROTECTION SERVICES, INC. v. LAFAYETTE SECURITY & ELECTRONIC SYSTEMS, INC. AND CLIFF NORTHON (Parish of Jefferson)

96-C - 0429 MCDONALD SALES CORPORATION v. D.H. HOLMES, CO.. LTD. C/W MCDONALDS SALES CORPORATION v. CHRYSLER FIRST WHOLESALE CREDIT, INC. AND OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 0430 DAWN MARIE ROBINSON v. LINSANUDDIN YOUSUF, LINSANUDDIN YOUSUF D/B/A YOUSUF'S CHEVRON, JENIFER HALL, CHEVRON USA, INC., CHEVRON U.S.A. PRODUCTS COMPANY, CHEVRON FOOD MART AND CNA INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0432 JULIA JAMES v. K&B INCORPORATED, KENILWORTH ASSOCIATES, KNW LIMITED, XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY AND SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - recused.

96-C - 0433 JULIA JAMES v. K&B INCORPORATED, KENILWORTH ASSOCIATES, KNW LIMITED, XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY AND SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - recused.

96-C - 0441 FREEDOM FOOD & FUEL, INC. ET AL v. W. R. "BOB" ROBINSON, ET AL (Parish of Terrebonne)

96-C - 0442 MITCHEL R. DUKOV v. 701 CORPORATION (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0445 STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT v. CHARLES RAY OSWALD, ET UX (Parish of Caddo)

96-C - 0446 EDWARD J. SONNIER, ET AL v. CARLTON L. DUHON, ET AL AND CARLO A. LAROCCA v. BEVERLY ANN MATHESON, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson Davis)

96-KK- 0447 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TOY T. HUMPHREYS, JR. (Parish of Ouachita)

96-CK- 0452 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF JENNIFER B. WITRIOL v. NORMAN M. WITRIOL (Parish of Caddo)

96-CC- 0455 HAROLD E. WYATT, ET UX v. EUEL C. DILLARD, ET AL (Parish of Sabine)

96-CC- 0456 SALMON & ASSOCIATES, INC. v. JAMES D. LISKEY (Parish of East Baton Rouge)
 

96-C - 0459 JEFFREY DAVID GRANTHAM, ET UX v. JAMES DAWSON, ET AL (Parish of Caddo)

96-C - 0470 AMOS C. SPRINGER, ET UX v. DANIEL R. SIMMONS, ET UX (Parish of DeSoto)

96-C - 0474 WILDA C. DUNAWAY AND IRA DUNAWAY, JR. v. DELCHAMPS, INC. AND TOM AND KAT GUNN (Parish of Washington)

96-CC- 0478 DR. JAMES L. CHRISTOPHER, ALTON B. DUCOTE, DR. HARRY J. KELLERMAN, NOLEN C. MILLER AND HARRY JOHN KELLERMAN, TRUSTEE v. LIBERTY OIL & GAS CORPORATION, JAMES L. MOORE AND PAUL R. KENDRICK AS LIQUIDATOR OF FRISCO OIL & GAS CORPORATION (Parish of Pointe Coupee)

WATSON, J. - would grant the writ.

KIMBALL, J. - recused.

96-C - 0480 MONEY PURCHASE PENSION PLAN OF PAUL A. LEA, M.D.(A MEDICAL CORPORATION) v. DR. EARL NELSON (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0487 JEFFREY DAVID GRANTHAM, ET UX v. JAMES DAWSON, ET AL (Parish of Caddo)

96-C - 0491 ERVIN DEGRAFFENREID v. LAYMON GODWIN, SHERIFF OF OUACHITA PARISH (Parish of Ouachita)

96-C - 0494 CHERYL TOLAR v. TROY BURSON (Parish of Jackson)

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 0496 STACEY DUPUY HOLTZCLAW, ET AL v. BRYAN C. PETERS, ET AL (Parish of Ouachita)

WATSON, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 0498 RIVER BIRCH, INC. v. JEFFERSON PARISH ZONING APPEALS BOARD (Parish of Jefferson)

96-CC- 0510 HAROLD E. WYATT, ET UX v. EUEL C. DILLARD, ET AL (Parish of Sabine)

96-KH- 0524 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL v. CARL HACKETT (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - dissents from the action in this case for the reasons expressed in dissent in State v. Clarence Foy, No. 96-KH-0519, Court action issued on March 15, 1996.

VICTORY, J. - dissents from the action in this case for the reasons expressed in dissent in State v. Clarence Foy, No. 96-KH-0519, Court action issued on March 15, 1996.

96-KH- 0528 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL v. SAMUEL JOHNSON (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - dissents from the action in this case for the reasons expressed in dissent in State v. Clarence Foy, No. 96-KH-0519, Court action issue in March 15, 1996.

VICTORY, J. - dissents from the action in this case for the reasons expressed in dissent in State v. Clarence Foy, No. 96-KH-0519, Court action issued on March 19, 1996.

96-KH- 0585 STATE EX REL LAURA PELETZ v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)