FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 005

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 10th day of January, 2000 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

ALL PROCEEDINGS STAYED :

2000-CJ- 0061 BSA v. RCR AND ST. ELIZABETH FOUNDATION (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED :

2000-KK- 0060 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT HARRISON (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON J., not on panel.

On the 12th day of January, 2000 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court

of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

INTERIM SUSPENSION ORDERED :

2000-B - 0020 IN RE: THOMAS L. GRAND, JR.

See Per Curiam.

KIMBALL J., not on panel.

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED :

1999-B - 3409 IN RE: RANDY DEANDREA DUDLEY

MARCUS J., not on panel.

STAY RECALLED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED :

2000-CJ- 0061 BSA v. RCR AND ST. ELIZABETH FOUNDATION (Parish of East Baton Rouge)

KIMBALL J., not on panel.

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

1999-CC- 3564 SUE MOORE v. BETHEL APOSTOLIC CHURCH & NORTHFIELD INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Vernon)

LEMMON J., not on panel.

1999-KK- 3604 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GREGORY BROWN (Parish of East Feliciana)

TRAYLOR J., not on panel.

On the 14th day of January, 2000 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED :

1999-KK- 1750 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JERRY JEROME HILLS (Parish of Tangipahoa)

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

1999-C - 3097 JUNE COLEMAN WIFE OF LESLIE LEON ROBINSON, JR. v. LESLIE LEON ROBINSON, JR. (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR J., not on panel.

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER :

1999-KO- 2073 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHRIS VERDIN (Parish of Lafourche)

CALOGERO C.J., not on panel.

1999-CC- 3096 YOSEFA ALOMANG, ON BEHALF OF HERSELF AND OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED v. FREEPORT-MCMORAN INC. AND FREEPORT-MCMORAN COPPER & GOLD (Parish of Orleans)

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

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED IN PART :

1999-C - 3120 STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, DARREN NAQUIN AND DENISE RITCHIE v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO C.J., not on panel.

DISBARMENT ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM :

1999-B - 3239 IN RE: RONALD A. WELCKER

CALOGERO C.J., not on panel.

PETITION FOR CONSENT DISCIPLINE ACCEPTED; SEE PER CURIAM:

1999-B - 3435 IN RE: DWIGHT D. REED

LEMMON J., not on panel.

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED :

1999-KH- 1518 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERRY EMERSON (Parish of Ouachita)

LEMMON J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 1638 STATE EX REL RANDY OUTLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lincoln)

MARCUS J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 1646 STATE EX REL JOHN D. CORLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Sabine)

KNOLL J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 1665 STATE EX REL SPENCER PETE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of (Calcasieu)

MARCUS J., not on panel.

1999-KH-1841 STATE EX REL DENNIS WIGGINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

JOHNSON J., not on panel.

1999-C - 2352 LOUIS J. CORNAY, ET UX. v. FMC CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of St. Landry)

KNOLL J., not on panel.

APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED :

1999-CP- 3107 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ET AL v. REV. CHARLES RAY ALEXANDER, SR, ET UX (Parish of Iberia)

TRAYLOR J., not on panel.

STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED :

1999-CC- 3483 KENNETH R. MILSTEAD v. WORK ZONE, INC. (Parish of Plaquemines)

LEMMON J., not on panel.

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

1999-K - 1320 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRANDON REED LANHAM (Parish of Caddo)

TRAYLOR J., not on panel.

CALOGERO C.J., would grant the writ.

LEMMON J., would grant the writ.

1999-K - 2009 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN I McCORMICK (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR J., not on panel.

1999-KO- 2057 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTHONY WOOTEN (Parish of Jefferson)

KIMBALL J., not on panel.

1999-KO- 2074 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PAUL A. KAISER, JR. (Parish of Desoto)

LEMMON J., not on panel.

1999-KO- 2075 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CARL WATSON (Parish of Tangipahoa)

KIMBALL J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2148 STATE EX REL ROYAL BROWN, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of

Lafourche)

KNOLL J., not on panel.

1999-K - 2222 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PATRICK SCALIA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

KIMBALL J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2258 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH ANTOINE (Parish of Calcasieu)

KNOLL J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2259 STATE EX REL CLARENCE LORIO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO C.J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2282 STATE EX REL ERVIN REID v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

TRAYLOR J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2284 STATE EX REL DOUGLAS A. DILOSA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

CALOGERO C.J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2298 STATE EX REL JONATHAN CARRIER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

KNOLL J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2299 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEE COLEMAN (Parish of Lafourche)

MARCUS J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2305 STATE EX REL MICHAEL TERRASE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

KNOLL J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2306 STATE EX REL JOHNNY B. WRIGHT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

CALOGERO C.J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2308 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DWYNE KEITH WICKLIFFE (Parish of Rapides)

MARCUS J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2309 STATE EX REL JULIUS C. THOMAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

LEMMON J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2313 STATE EX REL STEPHEN WALDER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

TRAYLOR J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2331 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DAVID READO (Parish of Calcasieu)

KNOLL J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2341 STATE EX REL RONALD DESDUNES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

KIMBALL J., not on panel.

1999-CI- 2347 BILLY MAC McCOY v. BURL CAIN, ET AL (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

JOHNSON J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2355 STATE EX REL RICHARD DENNARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)

KNOLL J., not on panel; recused.

1999-KH- 2357 STATE EX REL JIMMIE RAY GRAVES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

MARCUS J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2358 STATE EX REL MICHAEL BROOKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

LEMMON J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2359 STATE EX REL VENSON DEAN VAMPRAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

TRAYLOR J., not on panel.

1999-KH- 2360 STATE EX REL LUCIEN LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

KNOLL J., not on panel.

1999-CC- 2902 DANIEL J. ROSS, ET UX v. CONOCO INC., ET AL (Parish of Calcasieu)

CALOGERO C.J., not on panel.

VICTORY J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL J., would grant the writ.

1999-C - 2906 KEITH D. LEWIS v. JEFFERSON PARISH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS (Jefferson Parish Personnel Board)

KIMBALL J., not on panel.

1999-C - 2930 BOOKER T. GLADNEY, ET AL v. WILLIAM J. SNEED, ET AL (Parish of Caddo)

KIMBALL J., not on panel.

1999-CC- 2940 DANIEL J. ROSS, ET AL v. CONOCO, INC. ET AL (Parish of Calcasieu)

CALOGERO C.J., not on panel.

1999-C - 3053 WESLEY E. ABNEY, ALVIN W. ABNEY, DOMINIC A. GULIZO, JR. AND DIANNE ERNEST v. EXXON CORPORATION, J.E. MERIT CONSTRUCTORS, INC., INCO ALLOYS INTERNATIONAL, INC., CHARLES E. SHAUFFER, DALE CHATELAIN, AND KENNY CHATELAIN (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

MARCUS J., not on panel.

VICTORY J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR J., would grant the writ.

1999-C - 3086 LOUIS CHERAMIE AND ANGELINE DUBOIS v. DAVID LABICHE, ANTHONY TOURS AND KAJUN CONSULTANTS AND OPERATORS, INCORPORATED (Parish of Lafourche)

KIMBALL J., not on panel.

LEMMON J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR J., would grant the writ.

VICTORY J., would grant the writ.

1999-KK- 3094 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM EDWARD SELF, SR. (Parish of Sabine)

MARCUS J., not on panel.

LEMMON, J., would grant the writ.

1999-O - 3127 IN RE: NEW ORLEANS TRAIN CAR LEAKAGE FIRE LITIGATION (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR J., not on panel.

1999-C - 3177 MARK W. HANEY, ROBERT L. HANEY, JR., ELLIS. P. CARTER, MARY CARTER STOKES, MARTIN C. CARTER, JR., DAVID A. CARTER, PAMELA CARTER CABIRO, MARCELLE CARTER LEBLANC AND RONALD T. CARTER v. DELTA PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC., DELTA ROCKY MOUNTAIN PETROLEUM, INC. PAUL B. MAXWELL, W. HAMPTON MAXWELL, AND THOMAS A. MAXWELL (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR J., not on panel.

1999-KK- 3178 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLARENCE JACKSON (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO C.J., not on panel.

1999-C - 3195 MERRITT MCDONALD CONSTRUCTION, INC. v. THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE GREATER BATON ROUGE AIRPORT DISTRICT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO C.J., not on panel.

1999-CC- 3206 ST. MARTIN PARISH POLICE JURY, ST. MARTIN PARISH 911 COMMISSION, CHARLES A. FUSELIER, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SHERIFF OF ST. MARTIN PARISH,. LOUISIANA, TODD STREET AND FOOD-N-FUN, INC. v. TOWN OF BROUSSARD, LOUISIANA ((Parish of St. Martin)

VICTORY J., not on panel.

LEMMON J., would grant the writ.

1999-C - 3207 JEROME WILLIAMS v. MARITIME OVERSEAS CORPORATION (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR J., not on panel.

1999-C - 3221 SUCCESSION OF CLAUDE JOSEPH WAGNER (Parish of Jefferson)

KIMBALL J., not on panel.

1999-CC- 3222 URSULA BULOT, ET AL v. INTRACOASTAL TUBULAR SERVICES, INC., ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

CALOGERO C.J., not on panel.

TRAYLOR J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL J., would grant the writ.

1999-C - 3227 RAYMOND THIBODEAUX v. LOUISIANA MUNICIPAL RISK MANAGEMENT AGENCY, II (Parish of St. Landry)

VICTORY J., not on panel.

1999-C - 3230 SHELTON ERIKSON v. AUDUBON INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Iberia)

LEMMON J., not on panel.

1999-C - 3231 ELLEN JO JORDAN v. CENTRAL MANAGEMENT COMPANY, D/B/A AUTUMN LEAVES NURSING HOME (Office Of Workers Compensation District 2)

VICTORY J., not on panel.

1999-CC- 3233 MARGARET M. MCNAMARA v. AMERICAN LIBERTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (AMERICAN LIBERTY INSURANCE COMPANY; LAKE CHARLES POULTRY, INC.; AND DANA T. MYERS)(GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION) (Parish of Calcasieu)

TRAYLOR J., not on panel.

CALOGERO C.J., would grant the writ.

VICTORY J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL J., would grant the writ.

1999-CC- 3234 SHELITA GIBBS v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

KNOLL J., not on panel.

MARCUS J., would grant the writ.

VICTORY J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR J., would grant the writ.

1999-C - 3237 RAPHAEL AND BRENDA GUILLORY v. INTERNATIONAL HARVESTER COMPANY, INC. (Parish of St. Landry)

JOHNSON J., not on panel.

TRAYLOR J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL J., would grant the writ.

1999-CC- 3238 ROBERT M. BECNEL v. KATHLEEN FINNEY BECNEL (Parish of St. John)

VICTORY J., not on panel.

CALOGERO C.J., would grant the writ.

LEMMON J., would grant the writ.

1999-C - 3241 CHARLES A. BENOIT, PHYLLIS MEAUX BENOIT, CHARLES D. BENOIT AND GARLAND HANKS v. LOUISIANA WATER COMPANY, ET AL, LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, RUSSELL DEVILLIER AND JERRY DARBONNE (Parish of Acadia)

KNOLL J., not on panel.

1999-C - 3242 CHRISTOPHER SMITH v. NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT (Civil Service Commission City Of New Orleans)

TRAYLOR J., not on panel.

1999-C - 3498 CARLA L. LEGER v. ALBERTSONS, INC. (Parish of Lafayette)

KIMBALL J., not on panel; recused.

1999-KK- 3500 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALVIN TRIGS (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY J., not on panel.

TRAYLOR J., would grant the writ.