FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 039

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 6th day of May, 1998 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

ALL PROCEEDINGS STAYED: :

98-CC- 1190 SEA MAR, INC. v. ROWAN COMPANIES, INC.

(Parish of Iberia)

WRITS GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER / DENIED IN PART :

98-KP- 1172 STATE EX REL KEVIN SCALES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

98-KD- 1214 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WALTER J. KOON (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

See Per Curiam.

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would deny the writ.

KNOLL, J. - would deny the writ.

WRIT DENIED :

98-CC- 1198 IN THE MATTER OF BELLE COMPANY, L.L.C. (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

On the 8th day of May, 1998 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT GRANTED :

97-KH- 2511 STATE EX REL KEVIN WISE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

WRITS GRANTED WITH ORDER :

98-KP- 0256 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GERALD PARKER (Parish of Orleans)

See Per Curiam.

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

LEMMON, J. - would grant and docket.

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant and docket.

98-C - 0548 STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR, OFFICE OF EMPLOYMENT SECURITY, ET AL v. S/J TRAVEL EXECUTIVES NEW ORLEANS, INC. (Parish of Orleans)

See Per Curiam.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

WRIT GRANTED AND TRANSFERRED TO COURT OF APPEAL FIRST CIRCUIT :

98-KH- 1108 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RAY JACKSON (Parish of St. Mary)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

WRIT GRANTED AND TRANSFERRED TO DISTRICT COURT :

98-KH- 1105 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MERRILL TALBERT (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

WRITS GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER / DENIED IN PART :

97-KH- 2045 STATE EX REL COREY GUISE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel; recused.

TRAYLOR, J. - would deny the writ.

97-KH- 2607 STATE EX REL BILLY COBB v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vernon)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 1085 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MILTON JACKSON (Parish of Evangeline)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

DISBARMENTS ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:

98-B - 0344 IN RE: PATRICK H. HARRINGTON

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

98-B - 0619 IN RE: JOE L. SMITH

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-B - 0620 IN RE: JOE L. SMITH

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

MOTION TO ENFORCE GRANTED WITH ORDER:

97-KH- 1383 STATE EX REL ESTHER PENNS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

WRITS NOT CONSIDERED :

98-KP- 0185 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RONALD MURRAY (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

98-CJ- 0875 STATE OF LOUISIANA, IN THE INTEREST OF G.R., STATE OF LOUISIANA CALCASIEU PARISH DETENTION CENTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Calcasieu)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

WRITS DENIED :

97-KH- 2781 STATE EX REL BOBBY DANTZLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 2867 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALLEN SIMPSON (Parish of Bossier)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 2907 STATE EX REL BOBBY DANTZLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 2916 STATE EX REL ALFRED DEAL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 2955 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARREN R. RIVERS (Parish of Sabine)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-K - 2995 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JESSE C. PATTON, JR. (Parish of Webster)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 3013 STATE EX REL LLOYD BROOKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 3016 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LARRY MOSES (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 3017 STATE EX REL DAVID HAMILTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 3023 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. OLIVER TILLISON (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 3024 STATE EX REL BERNARD J. DELCARPIO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Bernard)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 3050 STATE EX REL GARY L. McCRAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 3051 STATE EX REL GENE R. HESS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Plaquemines)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 3052 STATE EX REL THOMAS JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 3069 STATE EX REL JOSEPH JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 3070 STATE EX REL ROOSEVELT KAUFMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 3074 STATE EX REL WILLARD MAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Richland)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 3078 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. THOMAS E. FONTENOT (Parish of Calcasieu)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

97-KH- 3080 STATE EX REL JIMMIE BRUMFIELD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

98-KO- 0142 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GERRY ROBINSON (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-KO- 0148 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DANIEL R. WASHINGTON (Parish of Caddo)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

98-K - 0169 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES PERKINS (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

98-CI- 0252 WALLACE EUGENE COLEMAN, JR. v. RONALD BONVILLAIN, RICHARD STALDER, VERDEGRA SCOTT, DONOLBY B. HUDERS, (ET AL) D.O.C. (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 0304 STATE EX REL LAWRENCE ALFORD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 0657 STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES, OFS, SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT SERVICES, IN THE INTEREST OF PETER ALBERT, MINOR CHILD OF DEONTRINES ALBERT v. TOMMY PUGH (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

98-C - 0682 SUCCESSION OF RUDOLPH F. BECKER, III (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - Would grant the writ.

98-C - 0683 ROBERT PHILIPPE AND VIOLA PHILIPPE v. LLOYD'S AERO BOLIVIANO, TRAVEL WORLD, OLSON-TRAVELWORLD ORGANIZATION, LTD., AND ALANA INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL (Parish of Ascension)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 0694 JOSEPH CLAYTON PROCELL, ET AL v. WILLIAMETTE INDUSTRIES, INC. ET AL (Parish of Sabine)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

98-C - 0712 MIKE BELL, ET AL v. USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Caddo)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

98-C - 0750 CHARLES D. JONES v. BOARD OF ETHICS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS C/W CHARLES D. JONES v. BOARD OF ETHICS (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

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

MARCUS, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 0754 JOHN DOE, ET AL v. JULIUS JEANSONNE, ET AL (Parish of St. Martin)

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 0755 JOHN EDWARD ANDERSON v. CYNTHIA C. OLIVER, LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY AND ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI S.P.A. (Parish of Acadia)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

LEMMON, J. - concurs. The Louisiana Uninsured Motorist Statute does not apply when the policy was neither delivered or issued for delivery in this state. La.Rev. Stat. 22:1406D(1).

98-C - 0766 MIKE BELL, ET AL v. USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Caddo)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 0770 JOHN DOE, ET AL v. JULIUS JEANSONNE, ET AL (Parish of St. Martin)

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 0777 DAVID LEROD WILSON v. INESSA STEWART'S ANTIQUES, INC. (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

LEMMON, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - would grant the writ.

98-C - 0780 MEREDITH E. EICHER v. LOUISIANA STATE POLICE, RIVERBOAT GAMING ENFORCEMENT DIVISION (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 0782 CHARLES D. JONES v. BOARD OF ETHICS FOR ELECTED OFFICIALS C/W CHARLES D. JONES v. BOARD OF ETHICS (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

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

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

98-CC- 0784 VALERIE CART AND JOSEPH CART v. DR. LAURA CASSIDY, ET AL (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-CC- 0802 JERRY GEORGE, ET AL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RESOURCES, ET AL (Parish of Rapides)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 0806 CARL BERGERON v. MAR-CON, INC., ET AL (Office of Workers' Compensation District #4)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 0807 CLAIRE BORNE v. ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Office of Workers' Compensation District #6)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 0810 BUDGET RENT-A-CAR SYSTEMS, INC. D/B/A BUDGET RENT-A-CAR OF NEW ORLEANS INC. v. ALLSTATE INS. CO., STEVEN EBERLY, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF HIS MINOR SON, JON EBERLY, UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION AND JAMES MCBRIDE (Parish of Jefferson)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

98-CC- 0812 DAVID BAND, ET AL v. FIRST BANKCARD CENTER, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

98-CC- 0813 DAVID R. RUSHING AND KATHERINE SHERBONDY RUSHING v. SUNRISE CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, d/b/a SUNRISE HOMES (Parish of St. Tammany)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

98-CC- 0814 CHARLES W. SHERBONDY AND GAIL STRICKLAND SHERBONDY v. SUNRISE CONSTRUCTION & DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION, d/b/a SUNRISE HOMES (Parish of St. Tammany)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 0820 JAMES H. HAMMONS v. CITY OF TALLULAH, ET AL (Parish of Madison)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 0822 SUCCESSION OF JASPER WILLIAM CARNAHAN, ET AL v. WEST CARROLL NATIONAL BANK, ET AL (Parish of West Carroll)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel; recused.

98-C - 0824 JIMMY L. WILSON, ET AL v. THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Evangeline)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 0825 EUGENIA BURAS AND LARRY BURAS, JR. v. EARL JACKSON, TRANSIT MANAGEMENT OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA, REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY AND STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

98-C - 0828 DEBORAH CHAPMAN v. DEPARTMNT OF POLICE

(City of New Orleans City Civil Service Commission)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel; recused.

98-CC- 0878 JAMES E. AYMOND v. NATIONAL SAFETY CONSULTANTS, INC. (Parish of St. Tammany)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

98-CC- 0898 ROBERT LEE BICKHAM, ET AL v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Washington)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 0907 IN RE: CLAIM FOR MEDICAL NEGLIGENCE ON BEHALF OF CANDACE JENNY DAUZAT C/W JEANETTE DODGE DAUZAT, ET AL v. LOUISIANA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-C - 0908 PHILOMENIA JOHNSON, ET AL v. HON. TROY A. CARTER, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel; recused.

98-C - 0919 IRIS SCHWAB v. CITY OF KENNER (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

98-C - 0921 JOHNNY P. BARBIER v. L & M BO-TRUC RENTAL, INC. AND DAVID DUET (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 1027 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEVIN SCOTT (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 1053 STATE EX REL GUY HOLMES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

98-KH- 1054 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL FRANCIS (Parish of St. Tammany)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.