FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 070

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 31st day of August, 1999 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT DENIED :

99-CC- 2577 STEPHEN ARTHUR HANSEL v. SARAH HOLFIELD HANSEL (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

On the 1st day of September, 1999 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRITS GRANTED WITH ORDER :

99-K - 1908 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERRELL MCZEAL (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

99-KK- 2516 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEO SCHWARTZ, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

99-CC- 2531 LEHMCO Inc. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE CONTROL BOARD (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

STAY DENIED; WRIT DENIED:

99-CC- 2530 IN RE: THE SUCCESSION OF CECIL MERLIN GRAVES, SR. (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

WRITS DENIED :

99-CC- 1845 HENRY D.HOSFORD v. KATHLEEN LANIER L. HOSFORD (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

99-CC- 2150 L'TANYA FORD AND RENE A. FORD, SR., ET AL v. CATHY GILBERT AND PEOPLES METHODIST COMMUNITY CENTER (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

99-CJ- 2211 IN RE: ADOPTION OF A.M.L. APPLYING FOR PRIVATE ADOPTION (Parish of Jefferson)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - would grant for full treatment on the merits and the constitutional issues raised.

99-KK- 2340 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PETER J. MARCIANTE (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

99-CC- 2418 ADAM J. CEASAR, SR., INDIVIDUALLY, ETC. v. DR. RICHARD J. BARRY AND LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Parish of Calcasieu)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

99-KK- 2428 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERRY BRAILSFORD AND JAMES GLOVER (Parish of Tangipahoa)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

99-KK- 2494 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARLENE FLORES (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

LEMMON, J. - would grant the application and docket for argument to clarify State v. Strain, 585 So.2d 540 (La. 1991).

99-KK- 2525 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ETHEL DAVIS (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

KIMBALL, J. - would simply dissent from considering because the application was filed untimely.

99-CC- 2563 TERRANCE TUNSTALL v. ELVIN STIERWALD AND THE PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

99-CC- 2581 TERRANCE TUNSTALL v. ELVIN STIERWALD AND THE PHOENIX INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

On the 3rd day of September, 1999 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRITS GRANTED WITH ORDER :

98-C - 3059 DUCKWORTH-WOODS TIRE SERVICE AND LIGA v. HENRY LETTELLIER

(Office of Workers' Compensation District # 7)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 0641 JOYCE McCOY v. CRACKER BARREL STORES, INC.

(Office of Workers' Compensation District # 2)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

WRIT GRANTED AND TRANSFERRED TO COURT OF APPEAL SECOND CIRCUIT :

99-KH- 2455 STATE EX REL JOHN W. NORRIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

WRITS GRANTED AND TRANSFERRED TO DISTRICT COURTS:

99-KH- 2335 STATE EX REL STEVEN C. HILL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 2454 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DERRICK KEITH COLLINS (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 2465 STATE EX REL DANIEL ORENSTEIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

WRITS GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER / DENIED IN PART :

98-KP- 2581 STATE EX REL NATHANIEL CODE, JR. v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of Caddo)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel; recused.

99-K - 0369 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CALVIN DONALDSON (Parish of Orleans)

See Per Curiam.

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would deny the writ. The court of appeal reached the correct result.

DISBARMENT EXTENDED; SEE PER CURIAM:

98-B - 2089 IN RE: JAMES F. QUAID

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

DISBARMENT ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:

99-B - 1602 IN RE: RANDY D. ELKINS

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

CONSENT DISCIPLINE GRANTED; SEE PER CURIAM:

99-B - 1653 IN RE: CHARLES W. DITTMER, JR.

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

CONSENT DISBARMENTS GRANTED; SEE PER CURIAM:

99-B - 1742 IN RE: EVAN TOLCHINSKY

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

99-B - 1972 IN RE: JOSEPH J. TOSH

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

JOINT PETITION FOR TRANSFER TO DISABILITY INACTIVE STATUS GRANTED:

99-OB- 1992 IN RE: LYNNE GILLESPIE KROGSTAD

See Order.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

INTERIM SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE ORDER:

99-B - 2010 IN RE: HAL J. SCOTT

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

REHEARINGS DENIED :

99-KO- 0001 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRIAN BERRY (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

99-K - 0063 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEVIN LYNN FALLS (Parish of Iberia)

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the rehearing.

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

99-KK- 1073 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. $18,905 UNITED STATES CURRENCY (Parish of Orleans)

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

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

LEMMON, J. - would grant the rehearing.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant the rehearing.

RECONSIDERATION GRANTED; WRIT DENIED:

99-C - 0896 KIRK BROWN v. RICHARD L. STALDER LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

RECONSIDERATIONS DENIED :

98-KH- 1900 STATE EX REL JAMES BRIDGEWATER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

99-KO- 0170 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIE CALVIN SCOTT (Parish of Lincoln)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 0425 STATE EX REL ROBERT DALE HICKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 0503 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHRISTOPHER PALMER (Parish of Beauregard)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1031 JEAN VALETTE BERTHELOT, SUSAN M. GAMBLES AND ELIZABETH ALLMAND INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHER SIMILARLY SITUATED v. TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY, TRAVELERS HEALTH NETWORK OF LOUISIANA INC., METRAHEALTH CARE PLAN OF LOUISIANA, INC., METRAHEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY, UNITED HEALTH AND LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, UNITED WISCONSIN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

99-CC- 1212 IN RE: MEDICAL REVIEW PANEL THE BLOOD CENTER, ETC. v. HERBERT J. ZENO (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1241 CECILE A. LENNIX v. BIG 3 INDUSTRIES OR AIR LIQUIDE

(Office of Workers' Compensation District # 6)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1264 SANDY EDMONDS, APPEARING AS TUTRIX OF HER MINOR SON, CHRISTOPHER BELL v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY, ET AL (Parish of Ouachita)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

WRITS NOT CONSIDERED :

99-C - 2131 W.C. JOHNSON, R.C. JOHNSON, SHIRLEY SMITH AND DENISE COLLINS v. FRENCH MARKET CORPORATION ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

99-CC- 2478 FAIRFIELD FINANCIAL GROUP, INC. v. GS ROOFING PRODUCTS COMPANY, INC., ET AL (Parish of Lafayette)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

STAYS DENIED; WRITS DENIED:

99-CC- 1680 ERIC VON DRAKE v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Bossier)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

99-CC- 2077 ERIC VON DRAKE v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Bossier)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

WRITS DENIED :

98-KP- 2445 STATE EX REL EDDIE MITCHELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

98-KP- 2449 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDDIE MITCHELL, JR. (Parish of Calcasieu)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

99-K - 0490 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ANTHONY BARTHELEMY C/W STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ANTHONY BARTHELEMY, JR. (Parish of Plaquemines)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

99-KP- 0661 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENNETH PORCHE (Parish of St. Martin)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

99-KO- 0692 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PAUL A. PETTA (Parish of Jefferson)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

99-K - 0785 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIE HARGE (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

99-K - 0812 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES SUMRALL (Parish of St. Tammany)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

99-K - 0822 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JASON BONNET (Parish of Jefferson)

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

99-KO- 0828 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ELVIS L. WASHINGTON (Parish of Webster)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

99-KO- 0830 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. OSCAR WESLEY (Parish of Ascension)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

99-KO- 0836 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GLEN WELCH (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 0897 MERCEDES DAVIS v. HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

JOHNSON, J. - would grant and docket.

99-C - 0943 TOMAS REYES CABAHUG, JR. v. TEXT SHIPPING COMPANY, LTD.; APPOLLO SHIPPING LTD.; AND UNITED KINGDOM MUTUAL STEAM SHIP ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (BERMUDA) LTD. (Parish of Ascension)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 0944 TOMAS REYES CABAHUG, JR. v. TEXT SHIPPING COMPANY, LTD.; APPOLLO SHIPPING LTD.; AND UNITED KINGDOM MUTUAL STEAM SHIP ASSURANCE ASSOCIATION (BERMUDA) LTD. (Parish of Ascension)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1010 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRIAN J. BUSH (Parish of Caddo)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

99-KP- 1014 STATE EX REL CHARLES GUNN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1061 STATE EX REL WILLIAM PECK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1080 STATE EX REL HERBERT JAMES PICHON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1081 STATE EX REL DONALD RAY CAINE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1082 STATE EX REL LEO J. BANNING v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1083 STATE EX REL JAMES WENDELL WASSON v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of Livingston)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1084 STATE EX REL MILBERT HUCKABY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Beauregard)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1088 STATE EX REL GERALD ANTOINE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1089 STATE EX REL RONALD WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1090 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JESSICA BOURG (Parish of Terrebonne)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1091 STATE EX REL KEVIN D. MANIERI v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1092 STATE EX REL JAMES WALTZ v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of DeSoto)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

99-CI- 1095 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. (1) RESIDENCE LOCATED AT #70 OAKLAND STREET, HARAHAN, LA AND MICHAEL WHALEN (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1101 STATE EX REL WILLIAM HART A/K/A WILLIAM C. SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1102 STATE EX REL JAMES REFUGE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1107 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES T. WILLIAMS (Parish of Livingston)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1112 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ELBERT RATCLIFF ' (Parish of Jefferson)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1131 STATE EX REL DALE E. WELLS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 1189 STATE EX REL CHARLTON COSEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1323 STEVENS CONSTRUCTION, INC. ET AL v. CHARLES S. RAGUSA & SONS, INC. (Parish of Tangipahoa)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1414 EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL v. ABLE FUR COMPANY, INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 7)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1416 AVA ANN BURKETT v. CRESCENT CITY CONNECTION MARINE DIVISION, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1417 MAY CRUTCHFIELD, WIFE OF/AND PETER VELA VS PLAQUEMINES PARISH GOVERNMENT C/W ANDREA MAXWELL, WIFE OF/AND JAMES R. DAIGLE VS PLAQUEMINES PARISH GOVERNMENT C/W EVELYN ANTOINE ROSE VS PLAQUEMINES PARISH GOVERNMENT C/W JOHN J. VOGT, III PATTY A. VOGT AND MONICA VOGT WERTZ v. PLAQUEMINES PARISH GOVERNMENT (Parish of Plaquemines)

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

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1418 ZERRY LEWIS, ET AL v. JAMES LEWIS, SR. AND JOYCE MARIE LEWIS KNOX (Parish of Tangipahoa)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1420 JOSEPH BOYD v. RAYMOND SCHROEDER, JR. AND UNITED SERVICES AUTOMOBILE ASSOCIATION (Parish of Orleans)

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

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1421 TERREBONNE PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT v. THE HOUMA MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE STATE EXAMINER FOR THE MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE (Parish of Terrebonne)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1431 TERROL KINARD AND LISA KINARD v. WAL-MART STORES, INC. (Parish of Natchitoches)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

VICTORY, J. - would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J. - would grant the writ.

99-C - 1432 JUNE CALDERONE v. DORIGNAC'S FOOD CENTER, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1433 GEORGE CARTER v. DED-WEED, INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 6)

VICTORY, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1435 TAMMY B. ALFORD v. STATE FARM AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Lincoln)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1438 COPOLYMER RUBBER & CHEMICAL CORPORATION v. OTHA LYNN SCHOFIELD, DIRECTOR OF FINANCE FOR THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1443 LIFE INVESTORS INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA v. JOHN R. YOUNG CHEVROLET, INC., ET AL (Parish of St. Landry)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1445 A. LEON HEBERT, IN THIS CAPACITY AS EXECUTOR OF THE LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT OF RENA L. PEMBLE; H.C. McCALL, III INDIVIDUALLY AS A LEGATEE OF RENA L. PEMBLE AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS FORMER CURATOR OF THE INTERDICT, RANA L. PEMBLE; AND LONDON McCALL, LEGATEE OF RENA L. PEMBLE v. RODNEY WISE; BATON ROUGE RENOVATION PROJECT, INC.; DENNIS STINE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS COMMISSIONER OF THE DIVISON OF ADMINISTRATION OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; WILLIAM J. GUSTE, JR., IN HIS CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; RONALD J. GOMEZ, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA; AND ELMER B. LITCHFIELD, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SHERIFF OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1461 CHARLES E. DURHAM v. STEVENS TRANSPORT, INC., NATHANIEL SUMRALL, JR. AND GLAZER WHOLESALE DRUG COMPANY OF NEW ORLEANS, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1475 BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE TENSAS BASIN LEVEE DISTRICT v. LARRY W. CRAWFORD AND MARJORIE CRAWFORD (Parish of Catahoula)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1490 GUIDO D. COLANTONI, M.D. v. LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF MEDICAL EXAMINERS (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1493 VIOLET ERTEL v. MR. AND MRS. HOWARD BENNETT SR. AND HOBNOBBER OF METAIRIE, INC. AND LAFAYETTE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)

MARCUS, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1496 PAMELA HART v. TRANSIT MANAGEMENT OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 8)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1500 KWAME O. E'TEIF v. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORPORATION D/B/A AMTRAK (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1595 TAMMY B. ALFORD v. STATE FARM AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Lincoln)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

99-C - 1774 BETTY ZAGAR v. WAL-MART STORES, INC. (Parish of St. Landry)

KIMBALL, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 2244 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CALVIN WALKER (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

TRAYLOR, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 2277 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLOTTE KIMBLE (Parish of Webster)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 2288 STATE EX REL VICTOR GAINES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 2403 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL GLASPER (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

LEMMON, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 2433 STATE EX REL JEFFERY JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J. - not on panel.

99-KH- 2441 STATE EX REL RICKEY CAMPBELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J. - not on panel.