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NEWS RELEASE # 106

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 1st day of December, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

ALL PROCEEDINGS STAYED :

97-KK- 2938 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RAYNELL BRIGHT

(Parish of Orleans)

WRITS DENIED :

97-KK- 2949 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STERLING BUCKNER (Parish of Jefferson)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 2951 RAY A. BRIGHT v. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

On the 2nd day of December, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER :

97-C - 2923 DONNA BAUGH FARRAR AND GEORGE FARRAR v. STEPHEN H. HAEDICKE, AS NATURAL TUTOR OF HIS MINOR SON, CAMERON V. HAEDICKE AND COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Union)

See Per Curiam.

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

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION:

97-CC- 2957 THEODORE LEBLANC, ET AL v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. ET AL (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

On the 4th day of December, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRITS DENIED :

97-CD- 2931 LOUISIANA WORKERS' COMPENSATION CORPORATION v. MELVIN MCELWEE d/b/a OXY AQUA FILTER SERVICE OF LA. (Parish of Jefferson)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-KD- 2986 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN BROOKS (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-KD- 2996 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN BROOKS (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-KD- 2997 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN BROOKS (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

LEMMON, J. - concurs. Relator may object to specific questions of the psychiatrists presented on rebuttal and may raise the issues on appeal, if necessary.

97-KK- 3003 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN BROOKS (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

REHEARING DENIED:

97-C - 2923 DONNA BAUGH FARRAR AND GEORGE FARRAR v. STEPHEN H. HAEDICKE, AS NATURAL TUTOR OF HIS MINOR SON, CAMERON V. HAEDICKE AND COMMERCIAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Union)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

On the 5th day of December, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

APPLICATION DISMISSED ON JOINT MOTION:

97-CC- 2277 GARLAND J. DAIGLE, ET UX v. OWENS CORNING FIBERGLAS CORPORATION, ET AL (Parish of Acadia)

APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION:

97-KD- 2295 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM C. RICHARDSON (Parish of Caddo)

STAY RECALLED; WRIT DENIED:

97-O - 2934 IN RE: GRAND JURY SUBPEONA DIRECTED TO JACQUES E. MORIAL (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

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

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - I would grant the writ pursuant to La. R.S. 18:1511.6. This statute clearly states that it is the responsibility of the Supervisory (Ethics) Committee to forward the results of its investigation to the appropriate district attorney, when a possible violation of the election code has occurred. The facts of this case show that the Ethics Committee has entered into a Consent Decree with L.I.F.E., thus ending its investigation. Therefore, the District Attorney for East Baton Rouge Parish lacks authority to initiate its own investigation of a possible violation of the election code.