FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 090

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 14th day of October, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION:

95-CC- 2943 SUCCESSION OF GEORGE RUSSELL CHAMBERS (Parish of Calcasieu)

STAY GRANTED IN PART :

97-CC- 2533 THOMAS R. TURNER v. DAVID BRUCE LOWERY, ET AL (Parish of Ouachita)

WRIT DENIED; STAY DENIED :

97-KK- 2498 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CURTIS LOCKETT (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

On the 15th day of October, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION:

97-CC- 1871 MARIA C. WHITE v. ESPLANADE PROPERTIES CORPORATION, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

APPLICATION WITHDRAWN ON RELATOR'S MOTION:

97-KD- 2528 STATE EX REL FELTUS TAYLOR v. BURL CAIN (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

On the 16th day of October, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

RECONSIDERATION DENIED :

97-CC- 2432 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS v. THE LOUISIANA GAMING CONTROL BOARD, THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, THE QUEEN OF NEW ORLEANS AT THE HILTON JOINT VENTURE, NEW ORLEANS PADDLEWHEELS, INC., AND HILTON NEW ORLEANS CORP. (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J., & JOHNSON, J. - would grant the reconsideration.

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

WRIT DENIED; STAY DENIED:

97-CC- 2542 IN RE: ASBESTOS PLAINTIFFS v. BORDEN, INC., ETAL (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

STAY DENIED; WRIT DENIED;

97-KP- 2544 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SCOTT JUDE BOURQUE (Parish of St. Martin)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

WRITS DENIED :

97-CC- 2523 IN RE: ASBESTOS PLAINTIFFS v. BORDEN, INC. ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant with order.

97-CC- 2565 IN RE: ASBESTOS PLAINTIFFS v. BORDEN, INC., ETAL (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

On the 17th day of October, 1997 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRITS GRANTED :

97-CC- 1718 IN RE: HOWARD MARSHALL CHARITABLE REMAINDER ANNUITY TRUST (Parish of Calcasieu)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 1784 DIANNE BEARD v. SUMMIT INSTITUTE OF PULMONARY MEDICINE AND REHABILITATION, INC. (Parish of Bossier)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

WRITS GRANTED WITH ORDER :

97-KH- 0349 LEONARD JOHNSON v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 1759 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STEVEN H. KERRISON (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

See per curiam.

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 1829 CLYDE L. ROUGEOU, D.D.S v. SANDY T. HEBERT (Parish of Iberia)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 1831 IN THE MATTER OF THE SUCCESSION OF MARY LEA DEMICELLI (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

WRIT GRANTED AND TRANSFERRED TO COURT OF APPEAL FIRST CIRCUIT :

97-KH- 2490 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NORVEL REYNOLDS, JR. (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

WRITS TRANSFERRED TO DISTRICT COURTS :

97-KH- 2482 STATE EX REL EVARISTUS MACKEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 2486 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRELL ROBERTSON (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 2489 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DAVID RICKS (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER / DENIED IN PART :

97-KH- 0454 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CYNTHIA HOLDEN (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

ADMISSION TO BAR GRANTED:

97-OB- 0898 IN RE: JEAN MARIE LACOBEE

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:

97-B - 1314 IN RE: WINTHROP G. GARDNER

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

LEAVES TO APPEAL DENIED:

97-OB- 2349 IN RE: APPEAL OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD DECISION NO. 97-PDB-046

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

97-OB- 2379 IN RE: APPEAL OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD DECISION; DISCIPLINARY BOARD NUMBER 96-PDB-093

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-OB- 2383 IN RE: APPEAL OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD APPEAL NUMBER 97-PDB-012

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

RECONSIDERATIONS DENIED :

97-C - 1229 MAE OLA BOLTON v. TULANE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA; STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO.; NATIONAL CAR RENTAL SYSTEMS, INC.; ALLSTATE INDEMNITY CO.; AND HARTFORD INSURANCE CO. OF THE SOUTHEAST (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

97-KP- 1512 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DAVID JOSEPH MOUTON (Parish of Lafayette)

CALOGERO, J. - not on panel.

LEMMON, J. - concurs although the application for direct review was untimely, relator may raise the issue by post-conviction application.

WRITS DENIED :

96-KH- 2802 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RAY ROBERSON (Parish of Rapides)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

96-KH- 3015 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARION HULLABY (Parish of Caddo)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0044 STATE EX REL LOUIS BOYD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel; recused.

97-KH- 0142 STATE EX REL MCKINLEY GABRIEL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Martin)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel; recused.

97-KH- 0291 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MILTON TAYLOR (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0292 STATE EX REL LIONEL SILVA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0296 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MANUEL D. PLAISANCE (Parish of Jefferson)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel

97-KH- 0336 STATE EX REL JOSEPH JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0346 STATE EX REL LLOYD F. GOSS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0354 STATE EX REL WARREN JOSEPH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0358 STATE EX REL RANDY MARSHALL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0375 STATE EX REL RICHARD MONTGOMERY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Sabine)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel; recused.

97-KH- 0377 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SAUL JOHNSON (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0432 STATE EX REL FLOYD TYLER AND RONALD BRAUD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0440 STATE EX REL DAVID ESSEX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jackson)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel; recused.

97-KH- 0443 STATE EX REL ROBERT JOSEPH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0444 STATE EX REL DANNY R. GREER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0445 STATE EX REL TONY THOMPSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Union)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0446 STATE EX REL DAVID PATTERSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0449 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TYRONE BANKS (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0450 STATE EX REL TYRONE COLFER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0456 STATE EX REL ALBERT STEWART v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0457 STATE EX REL RONNELL CARNEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0461 STATE EX REL ROLAND FRANCIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 0856 STATE EX REL RANDY MARSHALL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

97-KP- 1060 STATE EX REL JOHN WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

KIMBALL, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

97-K - 1124 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DECAR LOFTON (Parish of West Feliciana)

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

97-K - 1127 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARY RENE' NEESE (Parish of Washington)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 1131 STATE EX REL CARLOS POREE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

97-K - 1163 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM A. DROULIA (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-K - 1167 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ERIN NEOLAND (Parish of St. James)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

97-KP- 1186 STATE EX REL STEVEN RASH AND BILLY JOE CHANCEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel; recused.

97-K - 1187 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIS ANDREW TROSCLAIR, JR. (Parish of Terrebonne)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

97-K - 1189 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MELVIN JOSEPH MITCHELL (Parish of St. Martin)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

97-KO- 1201 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SHAUNE M. MEDIOUS (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-KO- 1203 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTONIO BOSLEY (Parish of Ouachita)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-KO- 1204 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. REGINOLD GREEN A/K/A ERIC TURNER (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-KP- 1257 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PERRY LETT (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-KP- 1264 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ERIC LAIRD (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 1341 STATE EX REL CHARLES PRICE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 1582 MALCOLM GRANT v. NATCHITOCHES MANOR NURSING HOME (Office of Workers' Compensation District 1w)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

97-C - 1750 LYNDA JOHNSON v. SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Natchitoches)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

97-CC- 1838 TIFFANY ANNE TALLENT GARY v. KENWOOD JUDE GARY (Parish of Vermilion)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 1839 CLIFTON PAUL PORRIER v. GLENN P. ROBICHEAUX, ET AL (Parish of Iberia)

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 1840 KENNETH J. GUILBEAUX v. THE TIMES OF ACADIANA, INC., ET AL (Parish of Lafayette)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 1841 ALVIN J. ELLIOTT v. OMSI (Office of Workers' Compensation District 03)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 1842 SHERRY MADDOX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, ET AL (Parish of Lafayette)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-CC- 1849 J. AMOROSO PROFESSIONALS, INC. v. DAVRON, INC., DAVID KNOERR AND RONALD KNOERR (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel

97-C - 1852 EUNICE DOANE v. WAL-MART DISCOUNT STORES, INC. (Parish of St. Bernard)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-C - 1858 DESIREE VALENCE CONNELL, WIFE OF/AND TIMOTHY J. CONNELL v. JUDY FOLEY DAVIS, WIFE OF/AND NEIL ROY DAVIS, & BILLIOT & CARTER EXTERMINATING COMPANY, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 2083 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES PRICE (Parish of Jefferson)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

97-CI- 2098 LOUIS BOYD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel; recused.

97-KK- 2373 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARWIN WILLIE, JR. (Parish of Livingston)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.