FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 058

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

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

APPLICATION DISMISSED ON JOINT MOTION :

95-C - 2940 HAROLD DONALDSON, ET AL v. DR. CHARLES SANDERS, ET AL (Parish of Rapides)

On the 16th day of May, 1996 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

ALL PROCEEDINGS STAYED :

96-CC- 1212 ROBERT G. HARVEY, SR., ET AL v. WILLIAM ELDER, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

On the 17th day of May, 1996 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

WRITS GRANTED :

96-C - 0716 STATE OF LOUISIANA AND RALPH SLAUGHTER, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE AND TAXATION, STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BP EXPLORATION AND OIL INC. (Parish of Plaquemines)

WATSON, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 0762 GEROID A. MCCORMICK v. GILSBAR INSURANCE COMPANY, GUARANTEE MUTUAL LIFE COMPANY, AND MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY

BLEICH, J. - not on panel.
 

WRITS GRANTED WITH ORDER :

96-CC- 0802 CLARENCE LANDRUM, JR. v. THE BOARD OF THE ORLEANS LEVEE DISTRICT, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

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

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-CC- 0815 ERIC P. REIMER v. MEDICAL CENTER OF LOUISIANA AT NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)

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

LEMMON, J. - would grant and docket.

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-CC- 0879 RONALD E. TURNER, SR., ET AL v. KINDER CORPORATION, DBA TANK N TOTE (Parish of Caddo)

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

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 0891 ROBERT C. THOMAS v. RODNEY BUSBY AND WAL-MART STORES, INC. ET AL (Parish of Natchitoches)

WATSON, J. - not on panel.

96-CC- 0931 DOROTHY MARTIN, ET AL VERSUS STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL C/W JOSEPH SMITH AND LEVY SIMMONS v. CONSOLIDATED BUILDING MATERIALS, STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 1050 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. AARON CRAIG (Parish of Orleans)

WATSON, J. - would deny the writ.

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.
 

WRIT GRANTED AND TRANSFERRED TO COURT OF APPEAL THIRD CIRCUIT :

96-KH- 1088 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CURTIS E. DILLON (Parish of Avoyelles)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.
 

REINSTATEMENT ORDERED :

96-B - 0989 IN RE: RICK A. ALESSI

See Per Curiam.

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

BLEICH, J. - would deny the writ.
 

INTERIM SUSPENSION ORDERED:

96-B - 0919 IN RE: MICHAEL O'KEEFE, SR.

See Order.

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.
 

WAIVER GRANTED:

96-OB- 1013 IN RE: ALEJANDRO PABLO GERSHANIK

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

KIMBALL, J. - would deny the writ.

VICTORY, J. - would deny the writ.
 

CERTIFICATION DENIED:

96-CQ- 0792 MARIETTE WALLACE v. SHREVE MEMORIAL LIBRARY AND CARLOS COLON (United States Fifth Circuit Court of Appeal)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant.

LEMMON, J. - would grant.

BLEICH, J. - not on panel.
 

REHEARING DENIED :

96-CC- 0905 STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT v. AUGUST CRISTINA & BROTHERS, INC. (Parish of St. Charles)

WATSON, J. - would grant the rehearing.

BLEICH, J. - not on panel.
 

RECONSIDERATION DENIED :

96-C - 0567 SUSAN GAIL HESTER v. WILLIAM EWING HESTER III (Parish of Orleans)

BLEICH, J. - not on panel.
 

MOTIONS TO ENFORCE DENIED:

94-KH- 2232 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SAM KELLY (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0341 STATE EX REL ELLEANER V. EVEQUE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 2804 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL WILLIE LEE WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.
 

WRITS DENIED :

93-KH- 2716 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RICKY CLARK (Parish of Caddo)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

93-KH- 2727 STATE EX REL HILTON SOLOMON v. CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

93-KH- 2743 STATE EX REL CLAUDE WILLIAMS v. JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN (Parish of Lafayette)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

93-KH- 2744 STATE EX REL FRANK WALGAMOTTE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. John Baptist)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

93-KH- 2792 STATE EX REL JAMES WEST v. CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

93-KH- 2795 STATE EX REL HENRY MCCOY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

BLEICH, J. - not on panel.

93-KH- 2827 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. T. ARTHUR ROBINSON (Parish of Morehouse)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel; recused.

93-KH- 2841 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARK A. JOHNSON (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

93-KH- 2871 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FRANK GREEN (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

94-KH- 0990 STATE EX REL LUTHER ROBERTSON v. JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN (Parish of Tangipahoa)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 0317 STATE EX REL ANTHONY CELIUS v. JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 2213 STATE EX REL LAMAR BERTRAM v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Bernard)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

95-KH- 2927 STATE EX REL ANTHONY CELIUS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

BLEICH, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 0277 KEMPER MCSPADDEN v. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION, ET AL C/W JAMES HEBERT, ET AL v. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ELECTRIC CORPORATION, ET AL (Parish of Acadia)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-K - 0332 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIE DIXON (Parish of Orleans)

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

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

BLEICH, J. - not on panel.

96-K - 0547 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDDIE DEJEAN (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

KIMBALL, J. - would grant the writ.

96-KO- 0550 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RICHARD WALTON (Parish of Orleans)

BLEICH, J. - not on panel.
 

96-C - 0754 PALM AIR CIVIC ASSOCIATION, INC. v. SYNCOR INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION; THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS; AND PAUL MAY, IN HIS CAPACITY AS ZONING ADMINISTRATOR OF THE DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY AND PERMITS (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

96-C - 0765 VERA DANTZLER, ET AL v. PATTERSON INSURANCE COMPANY AND BENTON B. HUNT (Parish of Morehouse)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

96-CK- 0796 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF THE ARDOIN CHILDREN (Parish of St. Landry)

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.

KIMBALL, J. - would grant the writ.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

BLEICH, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 0798 KEMPER MCSPADDEN v. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ELECTRIC MEMBERSHIP CORPORATION, ET AL C/W JAMES HEBERT, ET AL v. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA ELECTRIC CORPORATION, ET AL (Parish of Acadia)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 0816 FLYNN MANUFACTURING v. LEONARD DEVILLE  (Office of Workers' Compensation Dist. 2)

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

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 0820 WILLIE E. WILLIAMS v. MIDWEST EMPLOYERS CASUALTY CO. (Office of Workers' Compensation Dist. # 1E)

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

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

BLEICH, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 0822 JAMES SIMMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

KIMBALL, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 0824 ROBERT E. ROWE AND TINA ROWE v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Lafayette)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 0828 WILLIAM J. STEVENSON v. LAVALCO, INC. (Parish of Caddo)

BLEICH, J. - not on panel.

96-KK- 0868 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALEX HULBERT (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

BLEICH, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 0880 TREVOR NASH TENPENNY v. CHERYL L. RINGUET AND STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Lafayette)

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

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

BLEICH, J. - would grant the writ.
 

96-KK- 0912 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH R. RICHARD (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 0916 HELEN GOODEN v. CANAL PLACE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AND CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

BLEICH, J. - would grant the writ.

96-C - 0917 WILLIE ALLEN LEE AND RUBY WHITE LEE v. RANDY J. BECNEL and STATE FARM MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-KK- 0921 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT MELANCON (Parish of Terrebonne)

WATSON, J. - not on panel.

96-CC- 0924 TOMMY LEE ADDISON, ET AL v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0926 STATE EX REL MICHAEL A. ROBINSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 0927 JOAN DANTONIO, WIFE OF/AND JOSEPH A. BARRERA AND SUZANNE SABRIO, WIFE OF/AND DOUGLAS H. BOUDREAUX v. MRS. MARY FONTANA, WIFE OF/AND FELIX J. CIOLINO (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-CC- 0933 ALBERT BURTS MARTIN, SR., ET AL v. BYRON J. KNOX, JR., ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-CC- 0938 BILLY J. JACKSON v. CREGER AUTOMOTIVE CO., INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation Dist. # 1E)

WATSON, J. - not on panel.

96-KK- 0939 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MALCOLM ERVIN (Parish of Bossier)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-KK- 0940 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MALCOLM ERVIN (Parish of Bossier)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-OK- 0943 ISAAC I. OMOIKE v. TODD L. LEE, C. BELL AND CITY OF BATON ROUGE (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 0944 MARINER'S VILLAGE MANDEVILLE, INC. v. FAMA, INC., LOUISIANA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION, W. O. PRUITT AND ESE FLOWERS (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

96-CC- 1186 EUGENE R. CAMANGA, JR. v. RHONDA LEE JOHNSON (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-KD- 1203 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RICKY RAY LEWIS (Parish of Natchitoches)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.