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FROM: CLERK OF
SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA
On the 7th
day of May, 1997 , the following action
was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s)
listed below:
WRIT
GRANTED WITH ORDER :
97-KK- 1213 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. RON CRAWFORD (Parish of Orleans)
CALOGERO, C.J.
- concurring in part, dissenting in part. I concur.
The majority is correct insofar as the testimony subpoenas
are concerned. However, I dissent as far as the subpoena
duces tecum is concerned. I believe that the subpoena
duces tecum should be honored. The trial court could
then conduct an in camera review of the State's files.
LEMMON, J. -
dissents from granting a summary reversal without affording
respondent an opportunity to be heard especially in
a non-emergency situation.
KIMBALL, J. -
not on panel.
On the 8th
day of May, 1997 , the following action
was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s)
listed below:
WRIT
GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER; SEE PER CURIAM; OTHERWISE
DENIED :
97-C - 0527 BURTON
OLIVIER, ET UX v. PATRICK D. LEJEUNE, ET AL (Parish
of St. Martin)
VICTORY, J. -
would grant and docket.
TRAYLOR, J. -
would grant and docket.
KNOLL, J. - not
on panel.
On the 9th
day of May, 1997 , the following action
was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s)
listed below:
WRITS
GRANTED :
96-KO- 2953 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD J. VALE (Parish of Jefferson)
TRAYLOR, J. -
not on panel.
97-K - 0158 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD J. VALE AND GAYLE P. NEIDHARDT
(Parish of Jefferson)
TRAYLOR, J. -
not on panel.
97-C - 0619 ANGELA
COUVILLION v. REGENCY HOME HEALTH AND LOUISIANA WORKERS'
COMPENSATION CORPORATION (Office of Workers' Compensation
District # 2)
KNOLL, J. - not
on panel; recused.
97-CC- 0742 STATE
OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION
v. MCINNIS BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION (Parish of Caddo)
LEMMON, J. -
not on panel.
97-C - 0744 PATRICK
M. WARTELL & KRISTINE WARTELL v. WOMAN'S AND CHILDREN
HOSPITAL INC. AND THE LOUISIANA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION
FUND (Parish of Lafayette)
KNOLL, J. - not
on panel; recused.
WRITS
GRANTED WITH ORDER :
97-C - 0644 CARL
JERRY ROUBIQUE, ETC. VERSUS AMERICAN NATIONAL PROPERTY
& CASUALTY COMPANY (ANPAC), SHERIFF HARRY LEE, ET
AL CONSOLIDATED WITH AMERICAN NATIONAL PROPERTY &
CASUALTY COMPANY v. JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF SHERIFF
AND CHARLES W. KNAPP, JR. (Parish of East Baton Rouge)
MARCUS, J. -
not on panel.
LEMMON, J. -
would deny the writ.
97-CC- 0773 MELISSA
A. FREEMAN v. MINOLTA BUSINESS SYSTEMS, INC. A SUBSIDIARY
OF MINOLTA CORPORATION, MINOLTA CORPORATION & CHARLES
HORTMAN (Parish of Caddo)
KNOLL, J. - not
on panel.
97-CC- 0872 JEFF
AND MARY POE, D/B/A BIG LAKE GUIDE SERVICE v. PPG INDUSTRIES,
INC., AETNA CASUALTY & SURETY CO., INC., ET AL (Parish
of Cameron)
KNOLL, J. - not
on panel.
WRIT
TRANSFERRED TO COURT OF APPEAL FOURTH CIRCUIT :
97-KH- 1104 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. DARRIN KENNY (Parish of Orleans)
MARCUS, J. -
not on panel.
WRITS
TRANSFERRED TO DISTRICT COURT :
97-KH- 0855 STATE
EX REL LIONEL TOLBERT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish
of East Baton Rouge)
KNOLL, J. - not
on panel.
97-KH- 0868 STATE
EX REL MOSE A. REED v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of
Orleans)
KIMBALL, J. -
not on panel.
97-KH- 0946 STATE
EX EL FELTON WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish
of Orleans)
VICTORY, J. -
not on panel.
WRITS
GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER / DENIED IN PART :
95-KH- 2845 STATE
EX REL ERNEST LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of
Orleans)
VICTORY, J. -
not on panel.
96-K - 2998 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. WILFRED JOSEPH (Parish of St. Charles)
LEMMON, J. -
not on panel; recused.
REHEARINGS
DENIED :
97-C - 0176 RICHARD
P. IEYOUB, ATTORNEY GENERAL ex rel STATE OF LOUISIANA
v. W.R. GRACE & CO.- CONN, ET AL (Parish of Calcasieu)
CALOGERO, C.J.
- would grant rehearing and docket for argument.
LEMMON, J. -
would grant rehearing and docket for argument.
KIMBALL, J. -
not on panel.
97-C - 0179 RICHARD
P. IEYOUB, ATTORNEY GENERAL ex rel STATE OF LOUISIANA
v. W.R. GRACE & CO.- CONN, ET AL (Parish of Calcasieu)
CALOGERO, C.J.
- would grant rehearing and docket for argument.
LEMMON, J. -
would grant rehearing and docket for argument.
TRAYLOR, J. -
not on panel.
97-C - 0180 RICHARD
P. IEYOUB, ATTORNEY GENERAL ex rel STATE OF LOUISIANA
v. W.R. GRACE & CO.- CONN, ET AL (Parish of Calcasieu)
CALOGERO, C.J.
- would grant rehearing and docket for argument.
LEMMON, J. -
would grant rehearing and docket for argument.
TRAYLOR, J. -
not on panel.
97-C - 0181 RICHARD
P. IEYOUB, ATTORNEY GENERAL ex rel STATE OF LOUISIANA
v. W.R. GRACE & CO.- CONN, ET AL (Parish of Calcasieu)
CALOGERO, C.J.
- would grant rehearing and docket for argument.
LEMMON, J. -
would grant rehearing and docket for argument.
TRAYLOR, J. -
not on panel.
RECONSIDERATION
DENIED :
95-KH- 2363 STATE
EX REL LESTER JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of
Orleans)
LEMMON, J. -
not on panel.
WRITS
NOT CONSIDERED :
97-C - 0895 JOSEPH
E. TASSIN, ET AL v. STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY, ET
AL (Parish of Grant)
LEMMON, J. -
not on panel.
97-C - 0901 CROWELL
LAND & MINERAL CORPORATION v. GEORGE FUNDERBURK,
ET AL (Parish of Vernon)
LEMMON, J. -
not on panel.
WRITS
DENIED :
96-KH- 0329 STATE
EX REL MITCHELL COX v. JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN (Parish
of Washington)
KIMBALL, J. -
not on panel.
96-KH- 0339 STATE
EX REL JOHN K. RICHARD v. JOHN P. WHITLEY, WARDEN (Parish
of Jefferson)
KIMBALL, J. -
not on panel.
96-KH- 0484 STATE
EX REL EMANUEL A. WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish
of Orleans)
MARCUS, J. -
not on panel.
96-KH- 0521 STATE
EX REL LOUIS BRADY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of
East Baton Rouge)
TRAYLOR, J. -
not on panel.
96-KH- 0523 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES BUIE (Parish of Orleans)
JOHNSON, J. -
not on panel.
96-KH- 0542 STATE
EX REL ARNOLD PREDIUM v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish
of Orleans)
KIMBALL, J. -
not on panel.
96-KH- 0575 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. LIONEL DAY (Parish of Jefferson)
KNOLL, J. - not
on panel.
96-KH- 0582 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. DERRICK DRAKE ALSTON (Parish of Avoyelles)
KNOLL, J. - not
on panel; recused.
96-KH- 0584 STATE
EX REL ARTHUR BREAUX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of
Orleans)
JOHNSON, J. -
not on panel.
96-KH- 0589 STATE
EX REL GERALD D. JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish
of Caddo)
LEMMON, J. -
not on panel.
96-KH- 0626 STATE
EX REL LOUIS HAMMOND v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of
East Baton Rouge)
CALOGERO, C.J.
- not on panel.
96-KH- 0628 STATE
OF LOUISIANA EX REL MILTON SEGUE v. STATE OF LOUISISANA
(Parish of Orleans)
MARCUS, J. -
not on panel.
96-KH- 2125 STATE
EX REL RICHARD LAY v. WALTER REED D.A. (Parish of St.
Tammany)
VICTORY, J. -
not on panel.
96-KH- 2170 STATE
EX REL VERNON FRANCIS v. 24th JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT
PARISH OF JEFFERSON (Parish of Jefferson)
LEMMON, J. -
not on panel.
96-KH- 2171 STATE
EX REL NATHANIEL JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish
of Jefferson)
JOHNSON, J. -
not on panel.
96-KH- 2180 STATE
EX REL ROBERT JAMES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of
Orleans)
LEMMON, J. -
not on panel.
96-KH- 2246 STATE
EX REL SAM BANKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)
KIMBALL, J. -
not on panel.
96-KO- 2546 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. LEROY JOHNSON (Parish of Orleans)
MARCUS, J. -
not on panel.
96-K - 2938 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT SPENCER (Parish of Calcasieu)
CALOGERO, C.J.
- would grant the writ.
MARCUS, J. -
not on panel.
LEMMON, J. -
would grant the writ.
JOHNSON, J. -
would grant the writ.
96-KO- 3027 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. LEONARD G. EVERY (Parish of Terrebonne)
VICTORY, J. -
not on panel.
96-KO- 3045 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES WATKINS (Parish of Orleans)
KNOLL, J. - not
on panel.
96-KO- 3095 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. RONALD BURNETT (Parish of Orleans)
MARCUS, J. -
not on panel.
97-K - 0001 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. ANDREW BERGERON, III (Parish of Lafourche)
CALOGERO, C.J.
- not on panel.
97-K - 0007 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIS BRADFORD ALLEN (Parish of Bossier)
JOHNSON, J. -
not on panel.
97-K - 0015 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. LARRY DELMORE (Parish of Jefferson)
CALOGERO, C.J.
- not on panel; recused.
97-K - 0016 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. JERRY LEE HAMPTON (Parish of Rapides)
KIMBALL, J. -
not on panel.
97-KO- 0051 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES FRANCIS (Parish of Jefferson)
TRAYLOR, J. -
not on panel.
97-C - 0087 SAMUEL
L. LIEBER v. CADDO LEVEE DISTRICT BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS,
STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION &
DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Caddo)
KIMBALL, J. -
not on panel.
97-K - 0149 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD J. VALE AND GAYLE P. NEIDHARDT
(Parish of Jefferson)
KIMBALL, J. -
not on panel.
JOHNSON, J. -
would grant the writ.
97-CC- 0514 SIMS
MURRAY v. CITY OF BUNKIE, ET AL (Parish of Avoyelles)
KNOLL, J. - not
on panel.
97-C - 0633 H.
T. OLINDE, JR., MEREDITH H. LIEUX, EUGENE ROY, RAYMOND
LONG, JAMES E.KISSNER, ESPER MARIONNEAUX, JR. GREG ROY,
J. B. OLINDE, LEVY DABADIE, JR., HAROLD E. MORRIS, CRAIG
A. MAJOR, FOR THEMSELVES AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHER
SHAREHOLDERS OF GREAT GUARANTY BANCSHARES, INC. v. THE
400 GROUP, AND UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATION, AND GREAT
GUARANTY BANCSHARES, INC. (Parish of Pointe Coupee)
KIMBALL, J. -
not on panel; recused.
97-C - 0671 DAVID
LEE STEVENS, ET AL v. WAL-MART STORES, INC. (Parish
of Lincoln)
MARCUS, J. -
not on panel.
VICTORY, J. -
would grant the writ.
TRAYLOR, J. -
would grant the writ.
KNOLL, J. - would
grant the writ.
97-KK- 0790 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. RENAN ARNOLD GILKES, JR. (Parish of
East Baton Rouge)
CALOGERO, C.J.
- not on panel.
97-C - 0793 STATE
OF LOUISIANA, EX REL PLAQUEMINES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD
v. PLAQUEMINES PARISH GOVERNMENT (Parish of Plaquemines)
LEMMON, J. -
not on panel.
97-C - 0794 ANTOINE
M. SAACKS, JR. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, NEW ORLEANS POLICE
DEPARTMENT ET AL
TRAYLOR, J. -
not on panel; recused.
97-C - 0803 HENRY
MACON BRADFORD v. MARTIN J. O'NEILL, JR., M.D., ET AL
(Parish of Orleans)
JOHNSON, J. -
would grant the writ.
VICTORY, J. -
not on panel.
97-CC- 0807 IN
RE: ASBESTOS PLAINTIFFS, ET AL v. BORDEN, INC., ET AL
(Parish of Orleans)
KNOLL, J. - not
on panel.
97-CC- 0810 RUTH
ANNE HENDERSON GRAY v. GRAND CASINOS OF LOUISIANA, INC.-
TUNICA-BILOXI, INC. ET AL (Parish of Avoyelles)
KIMBALL, J. -
not on panel; recused.
KNOLL, J. - recused.
97-C - 0813 GLENNWOOD
J. LANDRENEAU AND MAFFIE LANDRENEAU v. NATIONAL AFFILIATED
INVESTORS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Rapides)
JOHNSON, J. -
not on panel.
97-CC- 0814 ELIZABETH
WILSON v. DR. MARTIN L. BELL AND PLASTIC SURGERY CENTER
OF BATON ROUGE (Parish of East Baton Rouge)
VICTORY, J. -
not on panel.
97-C - 0815 SARA
EVON MOORE v. BANCROFT BAG, INC. AND F. A. RICHARD &
ASSOCIATES, INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation District
# E1)
MARCUS, J. -
not on panel.
97-C - 0817 JAMES
G. SALLES AND JOHN G. SALLES v. CHUN PO CHEUNG AND LUK
WONG CHEUNG (Parish of Orleans)
KNOLL, J. - not
on panel.
97-C - 0818 GILBERT
HENRY v. M/G TRANSPORT SERVICES, INC. (Parish of Plaquemines)
CALOGERO, C.J.
- not on panel.
JOHNSON, J. -
would grant the writ.
97-OC- 0828 JOHN
AND AURA KARAGIANNOPOULOS v. STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY
COMPANY AND SUTTON CORPORATION (Parish of Jefferson)
TRAYLOR, J. -
not on panel.
97-C - 0832 JERRY
CHANDLER v. PETRON, INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation
District # 2)
MARCUS, J. -
not on panel.
97-KK- 0833 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. RONALD THOMAS (Parish of Orleans)
LEMMON, J. -
not on panel.
97-C - 0834 GARY
D. ALDERMAN, ET AL v. CITY OF SHREVEPORT (Parish of
Caddo)
KIMBALL, J. -
not on panel.
KNOLL, J. - would
grant the writ.
97-C - 0839 SCOTT
DOUGLAS v. MERCURY MARINE (Parish of Grant)
TRAYLOR, J. -
not on panel.
97-KK- 0852 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES G. STUMPF, JR. (Parish of St.
Tammany)
CALOGERO, C.J.
- not on panel.
MARCUS, J. -
would grant the writ.
97-C - 0870 ROBERT
S. MILLER v. LOUISIANA CASINO CRUISES, INC. (Parish
of East Baton Rouge)
VICTORY, J. -
not on panel.
97-CC- 0873 DONALD
J. OUBRE AND JEANINE V. OUBRE v. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION,
CAMERON CAILLOUET, LARRY RILEY AND MIKE PARKER (Parish
of St. James)
MARCUS, J. -
not on panel.
LEMMON, J. -
would grant the writ.
VICTORY, J. -
would grant the writ.
97-C - 0874 WAYDE
C. BERTHELOT v. SILVER OAK CASUALTY, INC., ET AL
(Parish of Iberia)
CALOGERO, C.J.
- not on panel.
LEMMON, J. -
would grant the writ.
97-OC- 0876 TRUSTMARK
NATIONAL BANK v. DORIS L. CONTE, JOSEPH P. CONTE, JR.
ET AL SUSAN CAROL CONTE, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)
JOHNSON, J. -
not on panel.
97-CC- 0877 CHERYL
FRANKLIN v. CYTEC INDUSTRIES, INC. AND WALK, HAYDEL
& ASSOCIATES, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)
KIMBALL, J. -
not on panel.
JOHNSON, J. -
would grant the writ.
97-CC- 0878 LOIS
ADAMS v. MARATHON OIL COMPANY (Parish of St. John Baptist)
VICTORY, J. -
not on panel.
97-CC- 0886 RONALD
C. CLARK, AS NATURAL TUTOR OF RICHARD LEE CLARK, RONALD
JAMES CLARK, AND ARTHUR DWAYNE CLARK v. RONALD J. MELTZER
AND SINSHEIMER & MELTZER, INC., P.S. (Parish of
Tangipahoa)
MARCUS, J. -
not on panel.
97-C - 0887 ALLENMAN,
PATRICK ET AL v. CAMPBELL, PAUL D. ET AL (Parish of
Lafayette)
KIMBALL, J. -
not on panel.
97-C - 0888 MONA
MECHE, ET VIR v. WAL-MART STORES, INC. AND ALL CONSOLIDATED
CASES (Parish of Lafayette)
JOHNSON, J. -
not on panel.
97-C - 0889 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH POLK (Parish of St. Bernard)
KIMBALL, J. -
would grant the writ.
VICTORY, J. -
not on panel.
TRAYLOR, J. -
would grant the writ.
97-CD- 0890 MELVIN
M. L. McELWEE, SR., D/B/A OXY AQUA FILTER SYSTEMS OF
LOUISIANA v. JEFFERSON PARISH, OFFICE OF COUNCIL AND
G.C.R. AND ASSOCIATES, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)
TRAYLOR, J. -
not on panel.
97-C - 0891 DEWEY
JOHNSON, ET UX v. LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, ET
AL (Parish of Calcasieu)
CALOGERO, C.J.
- not on panel.
97-C - 0893 JOHN
H. DESHAUTELLES v. SOUTH CENTRAL BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY
(Parish of West Feliciana)
MARCUS, J. -
not on panel.
VICTORY, J. -
would grant the writ.
97-C - 0894 MILLERS
CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY OF TEXAS v. ESTATE OF WADE
BREAUX (Parish of Iberia)
CALOGERO, C.J.
- would grant the writ.
KIMBALL, J. -
would grant the writ.
JOHNSON, J. -
not on panel.
97-CJ- 0897 STATE
OF LOUISIANA, IN THE INTEREST OF S.P., J.P., AND C.P.
v. BONNIE POWELL COLLINS (Parish of Sabine)
VICTORY, J. -
not on panel.
97-CC- 0902 DANIEL
J. BOUTTE AND HIS WIFE, SANDRA BOUTTE INDIVIDUALLY AND
ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILD, SANDI BOUTTE, AND HIS
SONS, DANIEL J. BOUTTE, JR. AND ERNEST MAMOLO, III v.
JEFFERSON PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1, D/B/A
WEST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL, CHARITY HOSPITAL IN
NEW ORLEANS, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)
CALOGERO, C.J.
- not on panel.
97-KK- 1053 STATE
OF LOUISIANA v. CALVIN ELSPHAGE (Parish of Orleans)
CALOGERO, C.J.
- not on panel; recused.
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