FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 046

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 27th day of May, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

STAY ORDER GRANTED:

97-CC- 1364 DONALD CAUTHRON, ET AL v. CONOCO, INC., ET AL (Parish of Calcasieu)

On the 28th day of May, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

STAY ORDER DENIED; WRIT DENIED.

97-KK- 1374 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TYRONE REED (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

On the 29th 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-CC- 1348 LOUISIANA PATIENTS' COMPENSATION v. PEGGY NELL GRIGGS, ET AL (Parish of Concordia)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.
 

WRIT DENIED; STAY DENIED :

97-CC- 1391 SUCCESSION OF MURIEL VERNET MOORE (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

On the 30th day of May, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:
 

WRITS GRANTED :

96-K - 3052 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CORNELL B. CAVALIER (Parish of Orleans) (Consolidated with No. 97-KH-0103)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

97-KH-0103 STATE EX REL CORNELL B. CAVALIER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

(Parish of Orleans) (Consolidated with No. 96-K-3052)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.
 

WRITS GRANTED WITH ORDER :

96-CC- 1735 DORIS DUGAS v. GREGORY BENOIT, ET AL C/W MARY ALEXANDER v. GREGORY P. BENOIT, ET AL (Parish of Acadia)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 2098 CONNIE T. DRONET AND WILLIE DRONET, ET AL v. SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Lafayette)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel; recused.

96-KP- 2919 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MELVIN D. FORD (Parish of Orleans)

See Per Curiam.

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0875 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS v. AUDREY BRADLEY (Parish of Orleans)

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

LEMMON, J. - would grant and docket.

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel; recused.

97-C - 0909 KATHERINE B. BELLARD AND PAUL E. BELLARD v. RHONDA K. JOHNSON, ET AL (Parish of Acadia)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel; recused.

LEMMON, J. - would grant and docket.

KIMBALL, J. - would grant and docket.

JOHNSON, J. - would deny the writ.

97-CC- 0962 KEITH AUCOIN v. CHRISTIAN CASHAT, CARLINE MANAGEMENT AND STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 1009 JASON P. CAMET ET AL v. McDONALD'S CORPORATION ET AL (Parish of St. Bernard)

LEMMON, J. - would grant and docket.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-KK- 1032 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PERRY ANDERSON III (Parish of Beauregard)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 1290 HARTMAN-WALSH PAINTING CO. v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.
 

APPLICATION TRANSFERRED TO DISCIPLINARY BOARD:

97-OB- 0991 IN RE: JOSE R. CORTINA

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.
 

REINSTATEMENT DENIED:

97-B - 0992 IN RE: CLYDE P. MARTIN, JR.

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.
 

READMISSION DENIED:

97-B - 1025 IN RE: GLEN H. SMITH

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.
 

INTERIM SUSPENSION DENIED:

97-O - 1291 IN RE: HAYWARD CEDOTAL JUSTICE OF THE PEACE WARD 2, ASSUMPTION PARISH STATE OF LOUISIANA

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.
 

REHEARING NOT CONSIDERED :

97-C - 0214 SHARON TURNER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF HER MINOR CHILD, REGINALD TURNER v. LINDA D'AMICO, LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY AND POINTE COUPEE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Parish of Pointe Coupee)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.
 

RECONSIDERATIONS DENIED :

95-KO- 1723 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERRY MARTIN (Parish of Washington)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the reconsideration.

96-KH- 0017 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NELSON BOOKER (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0357 WALTER J. SNYDER v. OFFICE OF PUBLIC HEALTH (Office of Workers' Compensation District No. 8)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0382 DR. PHILIP H. CREECH, M.D. v. LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel; recused.

97-C - 0592 MRS. ROSE MARY SMITH AND WILBERT LEE SMITH, JR. v. STEPHEN R. DOODY et al (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.
 

WRITS NOT CONSIDERED :

97-KK- 0998 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JEFFERY COOKE (Parish of Jefferson)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 1017 MELANIE GHANAEE v. AMERICAN AIRLINES, INC. (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 1094 JASON THIBODEAUX AND YVON THIBODEAUX, ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILD LINDSEY THIBODEAUX AND YVON THIBODEAUX, INDIVIDUALLY v. WINN DIXIE (Parish of Jefferson)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.
 

WRITS DENIED :

95-KO- 2167 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALBERT SOUBLET (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant evidentiary hearing.

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

KIMBALL, J. - would grant evidentiary hearing.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant evidentiary hearing.

95-KH- 2429 STATE EX REL ISRAEL DUCRE v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of St. Tammany)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0593 STATE EX REL HARRY CAMPBELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0698 STATE EX REL RONEY B. WOMACK v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of Ouachita)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0701 STATE EX REL SAMUEL WILLS v. HONORABLE FRANK MARULLO, CRIMINAL DISTRICT COURT, PARISH OF ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0704 STATE EX REL NELSON YOUNGBLOOD v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of Caddo)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0717 STATE EX REL KENNETH GREENE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0720 STATE EX REL HENRY MATTHEWS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0789 STATE EX REL GREGORY P. WALKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0790 STATE EX REL CURTIS WILLIAMS v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY (Parish of St. Charles)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel; recused.

96-KH- 0831 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALTON GAVIN (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0840 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DAVID P. BOUDREAUX (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0841 STATE EX REL THOMAS GREEN v. N. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of St. Tammany)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0844 STATE EX REL RAYMOND VARNADO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0845 STATE EX REL FREDDIE NERO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0847 STATE EX REL CHRIS LEWIS v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0849 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CALVIN CITTADINO (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0857 STATE EX REL NICHOLAS W. DAVIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0858 STATE EX REL ANTHONY AZORE v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0862 STATE EX REL RONNEL CARNEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0872 STATE EX REL SCOTT BOUDREAUX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0875 STATE EX REL DARRIN D. GILMER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0876 STATE EX REL CEBREN STOKES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel; recused.

96-KH- 0887 STATE EX REL GREGORY MASON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ascension)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0897 STATE EX REL JAMES C. JOHNSTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Natchitoches)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0901 STATE EX REL WILLIE WATSON, III v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel; recused.

96-KH- 0902 STATE EX REL LEWIS MARTIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0904 STATE EX REL DANIEL BENITEZ v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0909 STATE EX REL DERRICK GAINES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0911 STATE EX REL ROBERT WILKERSON v. N. BURL CAIN, WARDEN, LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY (Parish of West Feliciana)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0915 STATE EX REL ARTIS CALHOUN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0930 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIE LEFTRIDGE (Parish of Caddo)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0932 STATE EX REL REGINALD MORRISON v. RICHARD STALDER, ET AL (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0934 STATE EX REL JAMES BUNCH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0942 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL HERMAN DUNCAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 0951 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL CARLOS ALAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 1458 STEPHONE E. McCURTIS v. EUGENE FREE and IMPERIAL FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Mary)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant the writ; see dissent to writ denial in Gatlin v. Safeway Ins. Co., et al., 97-C-0631.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

96-CC- 1957 SIDNEY RANDALL, JR. v. ROBERT LEWIS, ET AL (Parish of Tangipahoa)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 2173 STATE EX REL MORACE MADDEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 2269 ROOSEVELT PINE v. JODY DOOLITTLE, FARM BUREAU INSURANCE COMPANY and LOUISIANA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION (Parish of Ouachita)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant the writ; see dissent to writ denial in Gatlin v. Safeway Ins. Co., et al, 97-C-0631.

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-CC- 2326 EARLINE GORDON v. SOUTHERN UNITED FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant the writ; see dissent to writ denial in Gatlin v. Safeway Ins. Co., 97-C-0631.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 2422 EARL M. NORMAN v. PATCO ASSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

96-CC- 2481 BARBARA HUNTER v. INTERSTATE FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant the writ; see dissent to writ denial in Gatlin v. Safeway Ins. Co., et al, 97-C-0631.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 2556 PAULETTE HART v. ELTON FRENCH, ANTONIO MCKNIGHT, AND AUTOMOTIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant the writ; see dissent to writ denial in Gatlin v. Safeway Ins. Co., et al, 97-C-0631.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

96-CC- 2569 CLEMENTINE SONIAT, ET AL v. AUTOMOTIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant the writ; see dissent to writ denial in Gatlin v. Safeway Ins. Co., et al 97-C-0631.

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-C - 2916 QUINCY BROADEN v. IMPERIAL FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J. - would grant the writ; see dissent to writ denial in Gatlin v. Safeway Ins. Co., et al, 97-C-0631.

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

96-CP- 3030 LESLIE LEWIS v. RICHARD PEABODY, WARDEN LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

96-KK- 3053 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BENNY MESHELL (Parish of Sabine)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-K - 0060 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALLISON SCOTT THIBODEAUX (Parish of Calcasieu)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-K - 0092 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BILLY DEWAYNE POWELL (Parish of Lincoln)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-K - 0115 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEROY DIGGS (Parish of Lafourche)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

97-KO- 0130 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TONY LYNN WHITE (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

97-K - 0150 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SYDNEY SMITH (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-K - 0151 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DEWAYNE J. BROWN (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

97-KO- 0163 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GERALD LEBOEUF (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-K - 0170 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL JAMES CARTER (Parish of Lafayette)

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

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 0614 RICHARD PAUL, ET AL v. REACH ALL, INC., ET AL (Parish of Rapides)

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

KIMBALL, J. - recused.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel; recused.

97-CC- 0805 RAYMOND R. EGAN v. JEANETTE HUCK EGAN (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0820 MARY LEE WADE, WIFE OF/AND JAMES RAO v. TOWERS PARTNERS, L.L.C., DAVID CABALLERO AND LAWRENCE ROE DODD (Parish of Orleans)

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

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0952 GEORGE BLOUNT, MARIAN CHABAUD, EMILE AND JOSIE MAURER AND MARIE BORRELLO v. SMITH BARNEY SHEARSON, INC AND SUSAN RYAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE ADMINISTRATRIX AND THE ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE SUCCESSION OF WILLIAM RYAN (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0966 PAULETTE TOKAR WHITEMAN v. ROBERT B. WORLEY JR., PERSONALLY, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0968 RONALD A. JOHNSON v. MICHAEL L. McALPINE, RICHARD A. COZAD, JOHN B. PULER, AND McALPINE, PEULER, COZAD & DAVIE, A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION (FORMERLY JOHNSON & McALPINE, A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION) (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0969 STATE BOARD OF CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS OF LOUISIANA v. DENNIS JOHN DONNELLY, CPA (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0970 GEORGE BLOUNT, MARIAN CHABAUD, EMILE AND JOSIE MAURER AND MARIE BORRELLO v. SMITH BARNEY SHEARSON, INC AND SUSAN RYAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE ADMINISTRATRIX AND THE ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE SUCCESSION OF WILLIAM RYAN (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0972 C. DIANE WEST v. LAWRENCE V. GIANCONTIERI, JR. (Parish of Jefferson)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0973 S. I. WILLIAMS, D/B/A ARTHUR H. TERRY & COMPANY v. INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 0974 ANF PARTNERS #1, A LOUISIANA JOINT VENTURE v. J.J. KREBS & SONS, INC., ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 0975 CYNTHIA SASS AND RAMON ROVIRA v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, INDEPENDENT FREIGHTWAYS, ET AL (Parish of St. Bernard)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0976 ANTHONY MARCELLO AND JEANNINE MONTE MARCELLO v. SNELL'S LIMBS AND BRACES OF NEW ORLEANS, INC., AND/OR CLAUDE J. LAMBERT AND/OR MICHAEL LAMBERT, INDIVIDUALLY, OR TOGETHER, D/B/A LAMBERT'S ORTHOTICS, PROSTHETICS PATIENT AIDS AND ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0977 MARY ANN PRESTENBACK AND NORMAN PRESTENBACK v. SCHWEGMANN GIANT SUPERMARKET, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 0983 VELMA PRATT, ET AL v. R. BRUCE WILLIAMS, M.D. CHARLES KNIGHT, JR., M.D. WILLIAMS P. SPILLERS, M.D. (Parish of Caddo)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0990 HARVEY J. COLLINS v. JUANITA ESKEW COLLINS, LEONARD J. CLINE, JOHN DOE AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 0993 DEWANDA LEMOINE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 1000 NELDA GARCIA, ET AL v. POSEIDON SHIPPING COMPANY, LTD. AND NEPTUNE MARITIME COMPANY OF MONROVIA (Parish of Orleans)

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

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 1018 MARY KING-HILL, ET AL v. ZAPATA HAYNIE CORPORATION, ET AL AND OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of Cameron)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 1020 BRANDI SAVOIE v. DAIRY QUEEN C/W CHASTITY EDWARDS v. DAIRY QUEEN (Office of Workers' Compensation District No. 4)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-KK- 1023 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JIMMIE CHRISTIAN DUNCAN (Parish of Ouachita)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 1026 WENDY FREEMAN BLACK, WIFE OF/AND CHARLES LESLIE BLACK, JR. v. MCDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL INC. MCDERMOTT OFFSHORE SERVICES CO. INC. AND MOBIL EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION U.S., INC. (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 1031 DIANE ARTHUR v. ZAPATA HAYNIE CORPORATION, ET AL C/W BARBARA ARTHUR, ET AL v. ZAPATA HAYNIE CORPORATION, ET AL AND OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of Cameron)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 1033 CREIG JACQUENEAUX v. W. C. TASTEMAKER, INC. ETC., ET AL (Parish of Lafayette)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-KK- 1043 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDMUND SCHEIDEL (Parish of St. Tammany)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel

97-C - 1044 DERINDA AND JOSEPH CHURCH v. ST. CHARLES PARISH (Parish of St. Charles)

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

LEMMON, J. - not on panel; recused.

97-C - 1045 MARLEEN F. LERCH v. JULIE RHODES, ET AL (Parish of Tangipahoa)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 1046 MARK A. TESSIER, ET AL v. DONALD S. HOFFATT, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

97-CP- 1051 CHARLES BARNES v. CHARLES C. FOTI, JR., SHERIFF (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-KK- 1054 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTHONY PIERCE (Parish of Orleans)

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

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 1055 RUSSELL GUIDRY v. LAFOURCHE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD(Office of Workers' Compensation District No. 9)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 1061 MARGARET HEBERT JACKSON, ET AL v. ZAPATA HAYNIE CORPORATION, ET AL (Parish of Cameron)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 1191 ROLAND CUTRER v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of St. Bernard)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 1260 ROLAND L. CUTRER, SR. v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of St. Bernard)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 1316 YOLANDA BROWN, WIFE OF AND JAMES BROWN, SR., INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILD, JACOBI BROWN v. CITIZENS UTILITIES COMPANY D/B/A LOUISIANA GAS SERVICE COMPANY AND REGINALD BIAGAS (Parish of Plaquemines)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.