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FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 16th day of March, 2001 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER; OTHERWISE DENIED:

2001-KK- 0676 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EMMETT SPOONER, I (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

LEMMON, J., would deny the writ.

On the 19th day of March, 2001 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2000-CC- 2923 LEON NICHOLAS BORDELON v. THERESA ANN DEHNERT (Parish of Ascension)

WRIT APPLICATION DENIED; STAY ORDER DENIED:

2001-KK- 0677 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. OATON DYSON (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

On the 21th day of March, 2001 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2001-KK- 0718 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLIFTON A. CHISOLM (Parish of Livingston)

On the 23th day of March, 2001 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:

2001-C - 0032 CLOPHA COMEAUX v. CITY OF CROWLEY (Office Of Workers' Comp. Dist. 4)

2001-C - 0101 KATHERINE T. ALPAUGH, TUTRIX, ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILD, GEORGE READE ALPAUGH v. THE CONTINENAL INSURANCE COMPANY AND LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

2001-C - 0147 ELLEN BROWN v. THE MANHATTAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-CC- 0175 CLECO CORPORATION v. LEONARD JOHNSON AND LEGION INDEMNITY COMPANY (Parish of St. Tammany)

2001-C - 0198 JONATHAN LANGLEY v. PETRO STAR CORP. OF LA. (Office Of Workers' Compensation -#4)

DISBARMENT ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:

2000-B - 3357 IN RE: MICHAEL D. CALLAHAN

KNOLL, J., recused.

MOTION TO ENFORCE DENIED:

2000-KH- 2545 STATE EX REL RODNEY HAMILTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED:

2000-KO- 0750 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH E. DICKERSON (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 1126 STATE EX REL RICHARD LAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

APPLICATION NOT CONSIDERED:

2001-C - 0281 DODIYI WILLIAM WEST v. RONALD P. MELANCON, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

APPLICATION NOT CONSIDERED UNTIMELY FILED:

2001-C - 0171 TELLES J. BRUNET, JR., ET AL. v. AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)

WRIT APPLICATION DENIED; STAY DENIED:

2001-CC- 0570 NANCY LOCKETT AND RONNY LOCKETT, HUSBAND AND WIFE v. THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of E.Baton Rouge)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2000-KH- 0768 STATE EX REL JAMES BYRD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Martin)

2000-KO- 0962 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SILVIO DEUTOR (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KO- 0971 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JEROME NORMAN (Parish of Jefferson)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ application.

2000-KO- 0986 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMIE TATE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KO- 0987 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. VICTOR ROMERO (Parish of Vermilion)

2000-KO- 0989 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANDREW ROBINSON (Parish of Caddo)

2000-KO- 1012 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SEAN M. COBB (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KO- 1013 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRIN SIMPSON (Parish of Caddo)

2000-KO- 1015 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HERBERT BATISTE (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1486 STATE EX REL JOHN SULLIVAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-K - 1572 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEVIN COLEMAN (Parish of Webster)

2000-K - 1595 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEROY "JUNE" JAMES (Parish of Natchitoches)

2000-KH- 1690 STATE EX REL DANIEL NEVILLE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)

2000-KH- 1853 STATE EX REL GARY JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 1860 STATE EX REL RAYVELL FINCH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1985 STATE EX REL RICKY SEABERRY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 2011 STATE EX REL PAUL J. MAYEUX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 2014 STATE EX REL LEON GAINES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 2016 STATE EX REL MARCELLUS HARVEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 2017 STATE EX REL REGINALD GEORGE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 2037 STATE EX REL JOHN PAUL LONDON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2000-KH- 2049 STATE EX REL JERALD D. JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2000-KH- 2057 STATE EX REL KERMIT PARKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 2066 STATE EX REL RICHARD LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

2000-KH- 2070 STATE EX REL JEROME WARREN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 2071 STATE EX REL CHRISTI LYNN CHERAMIE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Avoyelles)

KNOLL, J., recused.

2000-KH- 2093 STATE EX REL JAMES L. WILSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

2000-KH- 2607 STATE EX REL LEON GAINES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-CC- 0001 RONALD C. MILLICAN v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION (Office Of Workers' Compensation District 1w)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 0033 CLAYTON S. KNIGHT, CAROLE B. KNIGHT AND JAMES KNIGHT v. MID-AMERICAN DAIRYMEN, INC., CAROLL LAVERGNE, CARL KYZER, DONALD B. FISHER, EUGENE ROBERTSON, PAUL FUSSELL, THOMAS BENNETT, AND WAYNE H. HOECKER (Parish of Washington)

LEMMON, J., would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 0039 LINDA THOMAS v. SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Landry)

KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 0051 ELIZABETH GEORGE v. OUR LADY OF LOURDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC. (Parish of Lafayette)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 0066 DONALD W. ANDERS, JR.V. TRACY ANDRUS, CONSOLIDATED WITH BRIAN BONEY v. TRACY ANDRUS (Parish of Rapides)

2001-C - 0073 MARSHALL DAVENPORT, SR. v. ALBERTSON'S, INC. (Parish of Lafayette)

LEMMON, J., would grant the writ.

VICTORY, J., to reinstate judgment of trial court.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 0120 RONALD J. LEBLANC, SR. v. ESSIE P. BREAUX AND FIRST FINANCIAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 0133 ANNA ROSS TWICHELL v. WALLACE BRUCE TWICHELL, III (Parish of Jefferson)

LEMMON, J., recused.

2001-CC- 0182 MARJIE JEAN WORLEY v. RYAN'S FAMILY STEAK HOUSES, INC. (Parish of Bossier)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 0206 ANNA ROSS TWICHELL v. WALLACE BRUCE TWICHELL, III (Parish of Jefferson)

LEMMON, J., recused.

2001-C - 0215 CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES PRISON MEDICAL SERVICES v. JUON WILLIAMS AND THE PERSONNEL BOARD OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-C - 0219 ELVIRA KRAPAT GAINES AND HENRY JOSEPH GAINES v. ORIS SMITH PETTIS AND CONDIE DAN PETTIS (Parish of St. Tammany)

2001-CC- 0220 CHARLES WAYNE BOYD, ET AL. v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 0221 RUBY A. CHAMPAGNE, ET AL v. CLARENDON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Lafourche)

2001-CC- 0223 RANDY LEWIS, ET AL. v. SAV-A-CENTER STORE #1068, ET AL.(Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 0226 STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT v. MARRERO LAND & IMPROVEMENT ASSOCIATION, LTD. (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-C - 0229 AMERICAN STERLING INSURANCE COMPANY V. PATRICIA HADLEY AND TYRONE HADLEY, ET UX CONSOLIDATED WITH JESSIE MARION TRIPLETT, JR. AND JANE LEE TRIPLETT, AND THE SAID JESSIE MARION TRIPLETT, AS TUTOR, ON BEHALF OF HIS MINOR CHILDREN, JASON PAUL TRIPLETT AND JENNIFER RACHELE TRIPLETT v.PATRICIA HADLEY AND TYRONE HADLEY, GEICO INDEMNITY COMPANY, ALLEN QUEBEDEAUX, AND THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-C - 0230 J.E. MERIT CONSTRUCTORS, INC. v. FREDDIE HEBERT (Office Of Workers Compensation Dist.05)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 0231 MABLE BROWN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTRIX OF HER MINOR SON KERRY BROWN v. OFFICER KYLE CRESSIONIE; THE CITY OF THIBODAUX GUY HARVEY AND THE LAFOURCHE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Parish of Lafourche)

2001-C - 0232 VERNIE MCGEE v. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (La. Civil Service Commission)

2001-C - 0233 DENISE L. FRAZER, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF , AS NATURAL TUTRIX OF HER MINOR SON, ANDREW M. CUNDIFF v. ST. TAMMANY PARISH SCHOOL BOARD; W.C. PERCY, JR.; WILLIAM R. MORGAN, II; GWEN A. HOPPER AND ROBERT CERISE (Parish of St. Tammany)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 0234 BONNIE MELANCON KELLY v. JOHN ANTHONY KELLY (Parish of St. Tammany)

2001-C - 0239 FLEMING NOVELTY, INC. v. BRAD ALEXANDER, ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)

2001-C - 0241 TENA CREEL, WIFE OF AND EARL CREEL v. BARRIERE CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, AND MARYLAND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Washington)

2001-C - 0245 DANA LOU FAUTHEREE CASE v. ROBERT LEONCE CASE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-C - 0251 LOUIS PAYNE, JR. v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, PRISCILLA H. DOUCET AND MAY DAWSON CONSOLIDATED WITH STEVE FONTENETTE v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, PRISCILLA H. DOUCET AND MAY DAWSON (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-O - 0252 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF JUDICIARY COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA (Judiciary Commission Of Louisiana)

2001-C - 0270 DAVID J. LAMOURANNE, HUSBAND OF/ AND JAN LAMOURANNE v. SAMUEL GREEN, LOU GIOE'S TRUCK SERVICE, INC. AND SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Bernard)

2001-C - 0271 FOSTER CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. v. OTIS WAFER (Parish of Rapides)

2001-C - 0272 UTILITIES, INC. OF LOUISIANA v. SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA WATER & SEWER CO., INC. (Parish of St. Tammany)

2001-C - 0274 MICHAEL F. TALLEY v. ST. TAMMANY FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT NO. 1 (Parish of St. Tammany)

2001-CC- 0275 A.O. SMITH CORPORATION, ET AL. v. AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2001-C - 0277 STEVEN P. ALEXANDER v. THE HENDERSON CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2001-CC- 0278 A. O. SMITH CORPORATION, ET AL. v. AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSRUANCE CORP., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2001-O - 0280 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF JUDICIARY COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA (Judiciary Commission Of Louisiana)

2001-C - 0282 JAMES LYONS v. BECHTEL CORPORATION AND AIU NORTH AMERICAN, INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation Dist. 3)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 0283 JILL BLANCHARD, RONALD PORCHE AND HEIDI ZERINGUE v. LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, AND LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

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

2001-C - 0284 JILL BLANCHARD, VERNICE HODGES, AND MARILYN KOCH v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY AND STATE FARM GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

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

2001-C - 0285 JILL BLANCHARD, FRANCIS JONES, VELTON JONES, AND CLAY HERNANDEZ v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY AND ALLSTATE INDEMNITY COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

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

2001-C - 0286 JOHN ROTH AND MADELINE ROTH v. AUDUBON INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

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

2001-C - 0287 ALAN CACAMO v. LIBERTY MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

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

2001-C - 0288 RONALD PORCHE v. PRUDENTIAL PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

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

2001-C - 0289 MONIQUE POIRRIER AND JUDITH BLANC v. PROGRESSIVE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY AND PROGRESSIVE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

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

2001-C - 0290 ELLA MCGINNIS v. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY, GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY, GEICO INDEMNITY COMPANY AND GEICO CASUALTY COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

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

2001-C - 0291 JOANNE EDWARDS HOLMES v. DONALD RAY WILLETT (Parish of Grant)

2001-CC- 0470 JEFFERY A. COURTNEY AND JACK COURTNEY, JR. v. TWIN BRIDGES CO.,INC., DALE GIVENS, SECRETARY OF THE LOUISIANA DEPARMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-KH- 0517 STATE EX REL RONALD HAWKINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-CC- 0524 KENNETH ARNOUVILLE, ET UX, INDIV., ETC. v. KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of Avoyelles)

KNOLL, J., recused.

2001-CJ- 0537 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF JW, JW, AW, & AW (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KK- 0545 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM C. KLESKO (Parish of Vernon)

2001-KH- 0627 STATE EX REL WILLIAM RINEHART v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)