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NEWS RELEASE # 049

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 22nd day of April, 1996 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

WRIT DENIED :

96-KK- 0985 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD MART (Parish of Terrebonne)

On the 24th day of April, 1996 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

MOTION TO WITHDRAW APPLICATION GRANTED :

96-CC- 0925 MICHAEL BERRY v. SAWYER DRILLING & SERVICE (Parish of Claiborne)

On the 25th day of April, 1996 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER :

96-CC- 1009 STATE LICENSING BOARD FOR CONTRACTORS v. GRAVITY DRAINAGE DISTRICT #5 (Parish of Calcasieu)
 

MOTION FOR CLARIFICATION GRANTED IN PART; SEE PER CURIAM :

96-CC- 0700 ALLIANCE FOR AFFORDABLE ENERGY, ET AL v. THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J., WATSON & JOHNSON, JJ. - concur in part and dissent in part. Reasons attached to per curiam.
 

WRIT DENIED:

95-KD- 2463 STATE EX REL JOHN THOMPSON v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of Orleans)

On the 26th day of April, 1996 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

WRITS GRANTED :

96-K - 0195 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRUCE YOUNG, JR. (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

96-CC- 0313 DAVID MCNEASE v. MURPHY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY (Office of Workers' Compensation District 7)

96-C - 0431 DORA BOUTTE MERRITT, ET AL v. GULER KARCIOGLU, M.D., ET AL C/W DORA BOUTTE MERRITT, ET AL v. ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0454 DORA BOUTTE MERRITT, ET AL v. GULER KARCIOGLU, M.D., ET AL C/W DORA BOUTTE MERRITT, ET AL v. ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)
 

WRITS GRANTED WITH ORDER :

96-K - 0172 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LIONEL SPILLMAN, JR. (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

96-KK- 0665 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN NIXON (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J. - recused.

96-KK- 0843 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL MELANCON (Parish of Orleans)

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

WRITS GRANTED AND TRANSFERRED TO COURTS OF APPEAL :

96-KH- 0906 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SIDNEY MARTS (Parish of Orleans) (Court of Appeal Fourth Circuit)

96-KH- 0922 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD MORGAN (Parish of Orleans) (Court of Appeal Fourth Circuit)

96-KH- 0928 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. THOMAS LANDRY (Parish of Orleans) (Court of Appeal Fourth Circuit)

96-KH- 0936 STATE EX REL JULIUS FEET v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne) (Court of Appeal First Circuit)

96-KH- 0948 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CURTIS E. DILLON (Parish of East Baton Rouge) (Court of Appeal First Circuit)
 

WRIT TRANSFERRED TO DISTRICT COURT :

96-KH- 0900 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALBERT WALTER (Parish of St. Mary)
 

MOTION TO DISMISS GRANTED AT RELATOR'S REQUEST:

95-KH- 0600 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES PUCKETT (Parish of Jefferson)
 

MOTIONS TO ENFORCE; DENIED:

93-KH- 1001 STATE EX REL GREGORY FOUCHA v. ORLEANS CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT (Parish of Orleans)

95-KH- 0566 STATE EX REL EUGENE WEBB v. HON. CALVIN JOHNSON (Parish of Orleans)
 

RECONSIDERATION DENIED :

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

WRITS NOT CONSIDERED :

96-KK- 0610 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES VANMOERKERQUE (Parish of Caddo)

96-KK- 0611 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT HILL (Parish of Caddo)
 

WRITS DENIED :

93-KH- 2637 STATE EX REL MICHAEL SCOTT VANCHIERE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Livingston)

93-KH- 2639 STATE EX REL DENNIS SILVESTRI v. RICHARD STALDER Secy. DOC (Parish of Jefferson)
 

93-KH- 2642 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES CODY (Parish of Lincoln)

93-KH- 2651 STATE EX REL MYRON HODGES v. JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY (Parish of Orleans)

93-KH- 2660 STATE EX REL RALPH WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)

93-KH- 2665 STATE EX REL WALTER BOUDREAUX v. JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY (Parish of Lafourche)

93-KH- 2668 STATE EX REL ALEX SANDERS v. JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

93-KH- 2684 STATE EX REL DAVID SINGLETON v. JOHN WHITLEY, WARDEN (Parish of Orleans)

95-KP- 0262 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEITH MESSIAH (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

WATSON, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

95-KP- 1236 STATE EX REL KEITH MESSIAH v. JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY (Parish of Orleans)

95-K - 3001 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEVIN FENNER (Parish of Orleans)

WATSON, J. - would grant the writ.

KIMBALL, J. - would grant the writ.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

96-KO- 0232 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT THOMPSON (Parish of Caddo)

96-KO- 0243 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES NEELY (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

96-KO- 0293 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SIMON DUPLESSIS, JR. (Parish of Orleans)

96-KO- 0370 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES CUTLER (Parish of Calcasieu)

96-C - 0435 DORA BOUTTE MERRITT, ET AL v. GULER KARCIOGLU, M.D., ET AL C/W DORA BOUTTE MERRITT, ET AL v. ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0537 T. RICHARD, M.D. AND THE LOUISIANA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND v. RONALD HARRISON, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

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

KIMBALL, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 0552 GLENN T. HAMPTON v. THOMAS M. HENDERSON, ET AL (Parish of Caddo)

96-KK- 0606 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PERCY DON HINKLE (Parish of St. Mary)

96-CC- 0607 STEVEN M. GOODMAN v. PAUL D. SPILLERS, ET AL (Parish of Ouachita)

96-CC- 0618 CONSTANCE KREILING ALLEMAND, ON BEHALF OF NANCY ANN GANDY v. EUGENE GANDY, SR. (Parish of Jefferson)

96-CC- 0619 PAMELA E. HAWSEY v. LEMUEL EARL HAWSEY, III, ET AL (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.
 

96-KK- 0621 STATE EX REL WILLIAM JOSEPH JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)

96-C - 0634 DANNY R. DUKE AND FRED L. HERNDON v. LLOYD BACON, D/B/A THE CARPET MILL (Parish of Ouachita)

96-C - 0636 JAMES SORRELL AND LAVERGNE SORRELL v. FREDERICK MCCULLUGH AND NANCY CENTENO PEREZ (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

96-KK- 0638 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRETT MITCHELL (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0643 MANUEL CREPPEL v. AMERICAN TUGS, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

96-CC- 0644 CALVIN ARCENEAUX, ET AL v. OWENS-CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, ET AL (Parish of St. James)

96-C - 0645 WILLARD WAYNE FOSTER v. CONAGRA POULTRY CO., BEVERLY J. LARACHE, JR. AND LOUISIANA DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION (Parish of Sabine)

WATSON, J. - would grant the writ.

96-CC- 0652 SILAS GONZALES, ET AL v. ORMET CORPORATION, ET AL (Parish of Ascension)

96-C - 0657 IDA L. PAYNE v. PEDUS BUILDING SERVICE INC., ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

96-C - 0659 VERONICA NOBLE v. JULIE ARMSTRONG, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

96-C - 0660 SUPREME CONTRACTORS, INC. v. HALLIBURTON LOGGING SERVICES, INC. (Parish of Terrebonne)

96-C - 0662 EARL G. PITRE v. YOES & KAY (Parish of Calcasieu)

96-C - 0666 SHERRON A. BOYD, ET AL v. JOSEPH M. TERRELL, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0669 ADESINA OYEFODUN v. IKE SPEARS, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, ERNEST LEE CAULFIELD AND PDO INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0671 CHARLIE BLADES, ET AL v. DR. ROBERT BEAZLEY, DR. ROBERT HOPKINS, HOTEL DIEU HOSPITAL AND TULANE MEDICAL CENTER AND CLINIC (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0672 SLEM, INC. v. POKER GAMES, INC. (Parish of Lafayette)

96-C - 0673 JOETTE W. ELLEFSON v. VANCE E. ELLEFSON (Parish of Jefferson)

96-C - 0676 DOROTHY AND MARK MORRIS VS GREGORY FERRISS, M.D., RICHARD L. CORALES, M.D., ET AL C/W IN RE: MEDICAL REVIEW PANEL IN THE MATTER OF MORRIS VS GREGORY M. FERRISS, M.D., ET AL C/W DOROTHY AND MARK MORRIS v. GREGORY FERRISS, M.D., RICHARD L. CORALES, M.D. ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0686 CLIFF THOMAS v. ORLEANS PRIVATE INDUSTRY COUNCIL, INC. (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.
 

96-CK- 0689 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF J.W. (Parish of Terrebonne)

96-KK- 0690 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SHAREEF COUSIN (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0691 CHARLES SPILLER AND SYLVIA SPILLER v. THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, AND THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

96-CP- 0692 JOHN E. SPELLMAN v. WAYNE J. MUMPHREY, ET AL (Parish of St. Bernard)

KIMBALL, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 0693 CHARAN B. MARIGNY v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT AND RALPH B. BOYD, SR. (Parish of Orleans)

WATSON, J. - would grant the writ.

96-CC- 0695 LANDIS & JAMES CONSTRUCTION COMPANY v. GEE CEE CORPORATION, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0707 WARREN L. GOTTSEGEN, M.D., LIQUIDATOR OF HOUMA SCAN, INC. v. DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING SERVICES, A LOUISIANA LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (Parish of Jefferson)

96-C - 0709 BENNON PERRIT, JR. AND CATHERINE PERRIT v. BERNHARD MECHANICAL CONTRACTORS, INC. (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

WATSON, J. - would grant the writ.

96-OC- 0713 LESLIE GLADNEY BOYLE v. EDWARD MICHAEL BOYLE, III (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

96-C - 0718 ECTOR J. BOLZONI v. WINSTON THERIOT, ET AL (Parish of Cameron)

96-C - 0719 ROBERT G. PENDERGRASS v. PAMELA WADELL PENDERGRASS (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - would grant the writ.

96-CC- 0721 GERALDINE DAVIS, ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILD, MICHAEL DAVIS v. HAROLD J. SMITH, WILLARD EARL IMES, CUNA MUTUAL INSURANCE GROUP AND ITS SUBSIDIARY, CUMIS INSURANCE SOCIETY, INC. (Parish of Tangipahoa)

96-C - 0722 IN RE: HENRY GUIDRY, APPLYING FOR MEDICAL REVIEW PANEL C/W EMILY M. GUIDRY, WIFE OF/AND HENRY H. GUIDRY, III INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, JASON C. GUIDRY, ET AL v. DIEU HOSPITAL AND/OR HOTEL DIEU HOSPITAL DAUGHTERS OF CHARITY HEALTH CARE SYSTEM AND/OR DAUGHTER OF CHARITY OF ST. VINCENT DE PAUL, RAOUL RODRIGUEZ, M.D. ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

96-C - 0724 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROYCE M. REED (Parish of Jackson)

96-C - 0727 GAYLORD AND JOAN JOHNSON v. TERREBONNE PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE SHERIFF JERRY L. LARPENTIER AND THEIR UNDISCLOSED LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Terrebonne)

96-C - 0728 DONALD L. BADEAUX, SR., ET AL v. WINN DIXIE LOUISIANA, INC., ET AL (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.