FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 132

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 30th day of December, 1996 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

REHEARING GRANTED :

96-C - 0732 C/W 96-C - 0741 HELENA BABIN KENNEDY v. JAMES KENNEDY (Parish of Claiborne)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.
 

REHEARING NOT CONSIDERED; NOT TIMELY FILED :

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

WATSON, J. - not on panel.

BLEICH, J. - would grant a rehearing.
 

REHEARINGS DENIED :

95-C - 0112 C/W   95-CA- 0259 LORRAINE S. WHITNELL, WIFE OF/AND JAMES WHITNELL v. DR. ARTHUR SILVERMAN C/W LORRAINE S. WHITNELL, WIFE OF/AND JAMES WHITNELL v. DR. ARTHUR SILVERMAN, DR. JOHN G.MENVILLE, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

WATSON, J. - would grant a rehearing.

LEMMON, J. - would grant a rehearing.

YELVERTON, J. - would grant a rehearing.

95-KA- 2307 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM EARL POWDRILL, III, AND UWE SCHMIDT (Parish of Caddo)

CALOGERO, C.J. - assigns additional concurring reasons.

LEMMON, J. - would grant a rehearing.

KIMBALL, J. - would grant a rehearing.

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

BLEICH, J. - would grant a rehearing.

96-B - 1379 IN RE: DAVID L. LEVINGSTON

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant rehearing in order to consider anew the matter of restitution.

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-KA- 1392 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTHONY WILSON A/K/A "NIP" (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant a rehearing.

WATSON, J. - would grant for reasons assigned by Calogero, C.J., dissenting.

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-KA- 2076 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PATRICK DEWAYNE BETHLEY (Parish of Ouachita)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant a rehearing.

WATSON, J. - would grant for reasons assigned by Calogero, C.J., dissenting.

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.