FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 031

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 3rd day of May, 2000 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

STAY ORDER GRANTED :

2000-K - 1250 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERRY J. TOUCHET (Parish of Jefferson Davis)

APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION :

1999-C - 2650 LARRY RAY PARISH, ET AL v. L. M. DAIGLE OIL COMPANY, INC., ET AL (Parish of Calcasieu)

CONSENT DISCIPLINE REJECTED; SEE ORDER :

1999-B - 0706 IN RE: DEONNE DUBARRY

VICTORY, J., not on panel.

STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED :

2000-CC- 1142 WILLIETTA ALFORD THOMAS, ETC, ET AL v. TOWN OF VINTON, ET AL (Parish of Calcasieu)

JOHNSON, J., not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

STAY DENIED :

2000-KD- 1249 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. QUINCY BROWN (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J., not on panel; recused.

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

2000-CJ- 1085 MONIQUE D. GANN (GUEDRY) v. OTIS DALE GANN (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

MARCUS, J., not on panel.

2000-CC- 1248 SHARON DRURY VICKNAIR v. STEVEN DRURY (Parish of Tangipahoa)

TRAYLOR, J., not on panel.

On the 5th day of May, 2000 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED :

2000-C - 0628 FLOYD JOSEPH v. BROUSSARD RICE MILL, INC. ET AL (Parish of Calcasieu)

LEMMON, J., not on panel.

2000-C - 0795 PAUL GREEN v. NEW ORLEANS SAINTS (Office Of Worker's Compensation District 7)

KIMBALL, J., not on panel.

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER :

1999-KP- 3306 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD ALISWORTH A/K/A RONALD ALISWORTH (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J., not on panel.

1999-CC- 3447 PATRICIA NOEL v. THE SUCCESSION REPRESENTATIVE OF THE SUCCESSION OF CLARENCE BIZETTE, ET AL (Parish of Pointe Coupee)

TRAYLOR, J., not on panel.

1999-C - 3608 E. ADELLE SIMMONS v. DR. CHARLES M. BERRY, DR. WILLIAM G. BLACK AND LOUISIANA MEDICAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. (Parish of Tangipahoa)

MARCUS, J., not on panel.

2000-CC- 0849 FRANK EUGENE BRUSCATO, SR, ET AL., CONSOLIDATED WITH OTHER CASES v. MONTGOMERY KONE, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Ouachita)

CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel

TRANSFERRED TO THE COURT OF APPEAL :

2000-KH- 1116 STATE EX REL DARRYL DANIELS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

Fifth Circuit.

TRAYLOR, J., not on panel.

TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT :

2000-KH- 1092 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RAYMOND LAUGAND (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J., not on panel.

2000-KH- 1109 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. YUL A. BROWN (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J., not on panel.

WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER; OTHERWISE DENIED :

1999-KH- 3173 STATE EX REL RAY JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

TRAYLOR, J., not on panel.

DISBARMENT ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM :

2000-B - 0108 IN RE: BRADLEY JOHN CATT

VICTORY, J., not on panel.

REHEARING(S) DENIED :

2000-CC- 0018 FRANK J. GRAFFAGNINO, M.D. v. CHARLTON DUTHU AND JO ANN P. LEVERT (Parish of Terrebonne)

JOHNSON, J., not on panel.

2000-C - 0072 WILLIAM HARGIS AND TIMOTHY HARGIS BY AND THROUGH THEIR NEXT OF KIN MS. MARY KREY v. JEFFERSON PARISH, LOUISIANA JEFFERSON PARISH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC UTILITIES, JEFFERSON PARISH WATER DEPARTMENT ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J., not on panel.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the rehearing.

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED :

1999-KH- 1457 STATE EXR EL CLYDE SCHNEIDER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J., not on panel.

2000-C - 0120 SHELIA LAWSON, LISA PRINCE, AND KIMBERLY KADY v. DR. JEFFERY STRAUS, LOUISIANA EYE CENTER OF NEW ORLEANS, PC D/B/A STRAUS AZAR MEDICAL SURGICAL AND LAZER EYE CENTER, MEDICAL CARE INTERNATIONAL, CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, AND ST. PAUL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J., not on panel; recused.

2000-C - 0323 MICHAEL AND RACHEL SIMMONS v. PIONEER HOUSING SYSTEMS, INC. AND JIM TATMAN'S MOBILE HOMES, INC. (Parish of St. Landry)

TRAYLOR, J., not on panel.

APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED :

2000-CC- 0692 STATE OF LOUISIANA -DOSS-MILLS v. ROBERT JONES (Parish of Winn)

MARCUS, J., not on panel.

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

1999-KP- 2667 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JACK OBNEY (Parish of Calcasieu)

MARCUS, J., not on panel.

1999-K - 2960 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRYL HOWARD (Parish of Desoto)

VICTORY, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2976 STATE EX REL TIMOTHY PORTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

TRAYLOR, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2994 STATE EX REL BILLY SINCLAIR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

KIMBALL, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3003 STATE EX REL VIDA MONTZ v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3004 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL, KARL CLOMBURG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Bernard)

JOHNSON, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3006 STATE EX REL JOSHUA DAVIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3015 STATE EX REL EDWARD GIOVANNI v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

JOHNSON, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3032 STATE EX REL DONNIE COLLUM v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)

LEMMON, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3043 STATE EX REL PRESTON GEORGE DEMOUCHET, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)

KIMBALL, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3044 STATE EX REL REGINALD MORRISON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

TRAYLOR, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3045 STATE EX REL MILTON EUGENE CUPIT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Richland)

CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3078 STATE EX REL DONALD G. NASHWORTH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3079 STATE EX REL DONALD BEAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J., not on panel.

1999-K - 3087 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WALTER L. JACKSON (Parish of Tangipahoa)

JOHNSON, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3091 STATE EX REL CHARLES HAMILTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

KIMBALL, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3108 STATE EX REL MICHAEL A. SINGLETON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3112 STATE EX REL CARL QUIJANO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

KIMBALL, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3114 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LADERRICK D. DAVIS (Parish of Caddo)

JOHNSON, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3129 STATE EX REL JOHNATHAN LEDET v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberia)

LEMMON, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3134 STATE EX REL ALCY JOSEPH, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)

CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3135 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANDRE RANDOLPH (Parish of Jefferson)

MARCUS, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3163 STATE EX REL WAYNE DUNCAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3170 KELLY PREJEAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)

KIMBALL, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3174 STATE EX REL WARREN WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

KNOLL, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3188 STATE EX REL FREDERICK KIRKPATRICK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

JOHNSON, J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 3189 STATE EX REL MELVIN CROCHET v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)

VICTORY, J., not on panel.

1999-KP- 3259 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GARLAND MILLER, JR. (Parish of Sabine)

JOHNSON, J., not on panel.

1999-KO- 3309 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SHIRLEY WILLIS (Parish of Beauregard)

VICTORY, J., not on panel.

1999-K - 3332 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SELINA ANDERSON (Parish of St. John)

JOHNSON, J., not on panel.

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

1999-K - 3336 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEONARD CARTER (Parish of Caddo)

CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.

1999-KO- 3368 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TROY ANTHONY SIMS (Parish of Terrebonne)

TRAYLOR, J., not on panel.

1999-KO- 3369 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RUSSELL ATKINS AND MYRICK WHITE (Parish of Franklin)

KNOLL, J., not on panel.

1999-KO- 3383 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDWARD BURTON & GEORGE SIMON (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J., not on panel.

2000-C - 0521 SUSAN GAIL HESTER v. WILLIAM EWING HESTER, III (Parish of Orleans)

See Per Curiam.

VICTORY, J., not on panel.

LEMMON, J., concurs in denial of motions and will assign reasons.

2000-C - 0620 JOSEPH KAVANAUGH, ET AL v. THOMAS EDWARDS, M.D. (Parish of Bossier)

LEMMON, J., not on panel.

2000-C - 0633 MILDRED NORRIS AND DORMAN NORRIS v. FIRST BANK OF NATCHITOCHES, ET AL (Parish of Natchitoches)

KNOLL, J., not on panel.

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 0676 MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. GREATER BATON ROUGE PORT COMMISSION AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.

2000-C - 0682 MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. GREATER BATON ROUGE PORT COMMISSION, AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.

2000-C - 0695 MELANIE DITCH, ET AL. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, ET AL. (Parish of St. Martin)

JOHNSON, J., not on panel.

MARCUS, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2000-CC- 0713 GEORGE F. HULL, MURIEL CLARK, WIFE OF/AND LEONARD A. LAUVE, KIRK HULL, GEORGE F. HULL, III, KARLIE HULL AND PAMELA HULL v. ROLAND P. BERNARD (Parish of St. Charles)

LEMMON, J., not on panel; recused.

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

2000-C - 0707 DARREN MORRIS, DONALD MORRIS AND NOEL RILEY v. TIFFANY CARUSO, SEAN GILL AND AMERICAN NATIONAL PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J., not on panel.

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

MARCUS, J., would grant the writ.

2000-CC- 0763 SALVATORE IMPASTATO v. TERESA C. RAMEL AND LEWIS C. RAMEL, JR. (Parish of St. Tammany)

CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.

LEMMON, J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 0791 CHARLES H. PRECHT, III ET AL v. CASE CORPORATION, ET AL (Parish of Cameron)

KNOLL, J., not on panel.

MARCUS, J., would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 0801 BARRIERE CONSTRUCTION CO., LLC v. TERREBONNE PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT AND TERREBONNE PARISH COUNCIL (Parish of Terrebonne)

MARCUS, J., not on panel.

2000-CC- 0803 STEPHANIE VENIBLE v. FIRST FINANICAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J., not on panel.

2000-C - 0804 VICKI L. LITTLETON, INDIVIDUALLY AND CALTON R. LITTLETON, SR. v. WAL-MART STORES, INC. AND CURTIS WILLIAMS (Parish of Grant)

TRAYLOR, J., not on panel.

2000-C - 0807 HENRY K. MULLER, SR. v. RICHARD S. BLOSSMAN JR. (Parish of St. Tammany)

KNOLL, J., not on panel.

2000-C - 0813 PATRICIA PHILLIPS AND CARRIE SWANSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED v. ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Parish of Orleans)

MARCUS, J., not on panel.

LEMMON, J., would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 0814 RODNEY G. DIER v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE, DONALD NIJOKA, WILLIE GILLEYLEN, JOSEPH BIZETTE, EARL PATTERSON, LYNN SCHOFIELD, CHARLIE CARTER, BARRY WYNNE, ROY HUTCHINSON AND GARY VAN OSS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.

2000-CC- 0816 DERRICK EDWARDS AND MADELINE EDWARDS v. THE ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, LEROY WALKER, JOHN F. KENNEDY HIGH SCHOOL, ST. AUGUSTINE HIGH SCHOOL CHRIS COWART, NATIONAL CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, TOMMY HENRY AS THE COMMISSIONER OF THE LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON, J., not on panel.

2000-C - 0817 FRANK J. AND CAROL L. GRAFFAGNINO v. V.J. CARO, JR. D/B/A V.J. CARO, JR. BUILDING CONTRACTOR (Parish of Terrebonne)

KIMBALL, J., not on panel.

2000-C - 0835 DAWN MCCORMICK, WIFE OF/AND JOSEPH P. MCCORMICK v. ERNEST H, LOYD (Parish of St. Tammany)

VICTORY, J., not on panel.

2000-CC- 0842 GLORIA BATES v. ELVIS WILLIAMS AND MUTUAL SERVICE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY AND/OR DIRECT ADJUSTING COMPANY, INC. (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J., not on panel.

2000-CC- 0843 PEDRO P. RUIZ v. WOODROW WILSON CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC., LI SHIH ASSOCIATES (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 0847 ANGELA G. THERIOT, WIFE OF/AND CHAD THERIOT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Lafourche)

JOHNSON, J., not on panel.

MARCUS, J., would grant the writ.

2000-CC- 0848 EDWIN LEE THOMAS v. ROOFING SUPPLY, INC. OF NEW ORLEANS (Office Of Workers' Compensation District No. 8)

VICTORY, J., not on panel.

MARCUS, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-KH- 0852 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STANLEY R. WALDRON (Parish of St. Bernard)

CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.

2000-C - 0861 LISA BALLANTIN HEBERT v. ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANIES, NEW ORLEANS TRACK CLUB, INC., AND THE ROAD RUNNERS CLUB OF AMERICA (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL, J., not on panel.

2000-KK- 0863 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LAWRENCE ROBERTSON (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J., not on panel.

2000-CP- 0864 AUTRY LEE JONES v. SARA, INCORPORATED (Parish of Calcasieu)

MARCUS, J., not on panel.

2000-CC- 0870 WILLIAM DALE WALKER, PROVISIONAL TUTOR AND ON BEHALF OF THE MINOR CHILDREN, CARMEN ELIZABETH WALKER AND SLADE ETHEREDGE WALKER, AND MEREDITH ASHLEY WALKER AND BROOKE KATHERINE WALKER v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY AND STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY CO., ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)

KNOLL, J., not on panel.

MARCUS, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-CC- 0876 VANESSA WILLIAMS v. HOLIDAY INNS WORLDWIDE (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL, J., not on panel.

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

2000-CC- 0878 IN RE: MEDICAL REVIEW PANEL FOR THE CLAIM OF BOBBY HICKS, JR. AND SHAREESE RALESTRAW, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE MINOR CHILD, CEDRIC HICKS v. D. TYLER GREENFIELD, M.D., ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON, J., not on panel.

2000-C - 0879 ZOE DELL THARPE COSTIN v. LASALLE TESTERS, ET AL. (Office Of Workers' Compensation District 1e)

KIMBALL, J., not on panel.

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant for the reasons assigned by J. Brown.

JOHNSON, J., would grant for the reasons assigned by J. Brown.

2000-CC- 0881 SHERIFF DON BREAUX, ET AL v. CLARENCE TOUCHET, ET AL (Parish of Lafayette)

MARCUS, J., not on panel.

2000-CC- 0882 RODNEY DUPRE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HIS MINOR DAUGHTER, BRITTANY DUPRE v. RALPH ZIPPER, M.D. (Parish of St. Landry)

VICTORY, J., not on panel.

2000-OB- 0951 ASHLEY MEEKS v. LOUISIANA OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD AND OFFICE OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.