FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 003

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 8th day of January, 2001 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED :

2001-KK- 0047 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GEORGE LEE, III (Parish of Orleans)

On the 10th day of January, 2001 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

PETITIONER PERMITTED TO SUBMIT APPLICATION; SEE ORDER :

2000-OB- 3415 IN RE: BARRY C. CAMPBELL

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED; STAYS DENIED :

2000-CC- 3371 VICTOR J. DAUTERIVE, JR. AND AILEEN DAUTERIVE v. SHANNON F. APARICIO AND CNA INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Bernard)

2000-KK- 3466 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DOMINIC TAUZIER (Parish of St. Bernard)

2001-KK- 0024 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GERALD BERTUCCI, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

2001-KK- 0096 IN RE: DAVID MATHIS (Parish of West Feliciana)

On the 11th day of January, 2001 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT(S) NOT CONSIDERED :

2001-CC- 0103 REVEREND AND MRS. SAM J. SMITH v. ALASKA SOUTHERN PARTNERS (Parish of Jefferson)

On the 12th day of January, 2001 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED :

2000-KP- 0522 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH HAMPTON (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KK- 0536 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CARL E. ALCAZAR, III (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KK- 3047 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENNETH ATKINS (Parish of Orleans)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER :

2000-KK- 2284 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DWAYNE ROBINSON (Parish of Orleans)

See Per Curiam.

LEMMON, J., would grant and docket.

KNOLL, J., would deny the writ.

2000-KK- 2406 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERRANCE JOHNSON (Parish of Orleans)

See Per Curiam.

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

2000-CC- 3021 HERZOG CONTRACTING CORPORATION v. ROBERT V. OLIVER, ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)

JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ.

KNOLL, J., would deny the writ.

TRANSFERRED TO THE COURTS OF APPEAL :

2000-KP- 2964 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DANIEL RIDEAU AND STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DWAYNE WILLIAMS (Parish of Orleans) Fourth Circuit.

2000-KH- 3452 STATE EX REL GLENN R. WADE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans) Fourth Circuit.

2000-KH- 3463 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EMANUEL MATTHEWS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) First Circuit.

TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURTS :

2000-KH- 3411 STATE EX REL BOBBY EARL KEYS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

2000-KH- 3413 STATE EX REL CLEVEN FRANKLIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)

2000-KH- 3462 STATE EX REL JERRY LEE BERRY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Livingston)

2000-KH- 3540 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ADOLPH BENNETT, SR. (Parish of Orleans)

DISBARMENT ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM :

2000-B - 3356 IN RE: JASON BLAINE ROCHON

CONSENT DISCIPLINE REJECTED :

2000-B - 3173 IN RE: GREER E. GOFF

VICTORY, J., concurs in the rejection of the proposed consent discipline, primarily because the nine months suspension is totally deferred.

JOHNSON, J., would accept the consent discipline.

REHEARING(S) DENIED :

2000-KK- 3195 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERRY LATHERS (Parish of Pointe Coupee)

KIMBALL, J., recused.

RECONSIDERATION GRANTED WITH ORDER :

2000-CP- 2914 JOHNNY WINSTON v. JIMMIE MARTIN, ET AL. (Parish of Beauregard)

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED :

2000-KH- 0210 STATE EX REL JAMES BURAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Plaquemines)

2000-CC- 2813 SYLVIA SMITH v. TRACEY KNIGHT AND LEGAL RESOURCES, INC. (Parish of Orleans)

APPLICATION(S) DISMISSED :

2000-KK- 3501 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLINT MARTINEZ (Parish of Iberville)

APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED :

2000-OB- 3192 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

2000-KO- 0359 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RICKY CARTHAN (Parish of Beauregard)

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

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ and assigns reasons.

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

2000-KO- 0752 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DERRICK CHAIRS (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KO- 0997 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEVIN CHRISTY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 1097 STATE EX REL AHMAD RICHARD GOODMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

2000-KH- 1098 STATE EX REL FABIA MADINA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1099 STATE EX REL STEWART PRICE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1106 STATE EX REL WILLIE WHITE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1148 STATE EX REL SHEDRICK GIVENS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 1178 STATE EX REL ARTHUR LEE TAYLOR JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2000-KH- 1179 STATE EX REL CHARLES CUTLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

2000-KH- 1184 STATE EX REL ANTONIO JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2000-KH- 1190 STATE EX REL RONNIE CHESTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)

2000-KH- 1191 STATE EX REL MICHAEL HOWARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)

KNOLL, J., recused.

2000-KH- 1192 STATE EX REL ROBERT WASHINGTON, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1193 STATE EX REL DERRICK LEE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1194 STATE EX REL CRAIG RIXNER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1196 STATE EX REL NATHANIEL JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1197 STATE EX REL ERIC TREADAWAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KP- 1247 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RAYMOND F. ALLIEN (Parish of Lasalle)

2000-KH- 1275 STATE EX REL JAMES COLE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1340 STATE EX REL LAWRENCE O'NEAL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

2000-KH- 1345 STATE EX REL ISAAC SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)

2000-KH- 1351 STATE EX REL RONALD WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2000-KH- 1353 STATE EX REL RON CHRISTOPHER HICKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)

2000-KH- 1355 STATE EX REL JOSEPH HARRIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-KH- 1363 STATE EX REL HERBERT FUSELIER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

2000-KH- 1389 STATE EX REL CHARLES CANTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vermilion)

2000-KH- 1390 STATE EX REL MICHAEL SINGLETARY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)

2000-CC- 1400 EARL PENN v. ST. TAMMANY PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ET AL. (Parish of St. Tammany)

2000-KH- 1402 STATE EX REL MICHAEL MONTGOMERY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)

2000-KH- 1403 STATE EX REL ROTHEN HINTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Grant)

2000-KK- 1993 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JERRICK PUGH (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KK- 1994 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JERRICK PUGH (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KK- 1995 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JERRICK PUGH (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-CC- 2925 MICHAEL J. JOHNSON v. CAROL AYMOND, JR. ET AL. (Parish of Avoyelles)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J., recused.

2000-CC- 2928 MCKINLEY KELLER v. CAROL AYMOND, JR. ET AL. (Parish of Avoyelles)

VICTORY, J., votes to grant the writ.

KNOLL, J., recused.

2000-C - 2929 JUANITA FURLOUGH, JUDIANA COTTON, DENISE GRAYSON, ANDREW FURLOUGH, JR. AND GARY FURLOUGH v. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Ouachita)

2000-CC- 2985 NEWELL H. ANDRY, ET AL. v. MURPHY OIL USA, INC. AND ERNEST CAIGLE (Parish of St. Bernard)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 3004 BENJAMIN AZAR-O'BANNON v. ROBERT F. AZAR (Parish of Orleans)

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

2000-CC- 3007 MARY BUMPUS CATRAMBONE, ET VIR v. LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)

2000-CC- 3059 NEWELL H. ANDRY, ET AL v. MURPHY OIL, U.S.A. INC., ET AL. (Parish of St. Bernard)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 3153 FAYE CAMPBELL, DEBBIE ANN CAMPBELL WATTS AND NELDA CAMPBELL HARMOND v. HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1 CALDWELL PARISH D/B/A CITIZENS MEDICAL CENTER AND DR. HENRY H. NGUYEN (Parish of Caldwell)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-CC- 3154 MARGARET TOLAR, WIFE OF/AND TERRY TOLAR v. KMART CORPORATION (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-OC- 3157 LILLIE MADISON, EDWARD MADISON, III AND THADDEUS I. MADISON v. ERNEST N. MORIAL CONVENTION CENTER-NEW ORLEANS, ET ALS (Parish of Orleans)

2000-C - 3159 HANNAH JO ADAMS AND SAM ADAMS, JR. v. OCHSNER CLINIC OF BATON ROUGE, MARK D. HANNIS, M.D., CLAUDE J. TELLIS, M.D. AND A.P. SALMON, M.D. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

LEMMON, J., would grant the writ.

2000-CC- 3160 ANN AKERS v. ROBERT DORSEY, ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 3162 NEWTON AND ASSOCIATES, INC. v. MARGARET BOSS (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-CC- 3163 WINAFRED SCARBROUGH, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL AND LEGAL TUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF HER MINOR SON, ERIC SCARBROUGH, LENEKA SCARBROUGH AND JARMONICA SCARBROUGH VS O.K. GUARD DOGS, OREE K. KNIGHTEN, JR., GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY C/W DWAYNE FORKNER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS FATHER OF ERIC SCARBROUGH v. O.K. GUARD DOGS, OREE K. KNIGHTEN, JR. AND GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2000-C - 3164 LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF DENTISTRY v. RICHARD CHARLES BAKER, D.D.S (Parish of Webster)

2000-CC- 3166 THOMAS DYKES AND GLADYS LABORDE DYKES v. RAPIDES REGIONAL HOSPITAL, ETC. (Parish of Rapides)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 3169 JOSEPH J. VIZZINI AND CINDY SCIONEAUX, AS THE MANAGING PARTNERS OF VIZZINI ARABIANS, III AND JAMES O. BALLENGER, HEWITT BRIDGES, RAYMOND CHENEVERT, NORMAN CHENEVERT, D. MICHAEL COUGHLIN, CAROLYN B. DAUL, WILLIAM H. DOOLEY, JR., JOEL GANGI, BARBARA A. MEYER, DR. NOEL F. PILIE, CINDY SCIONEAUX, ANNIE T. SCIONEAUX, THOMAS MCCROSSEN AND JOSEPH HOURCADE v. KATHERINE G. WARD (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-C - 3171 RAYMOND FREDERICK AND SUSAN FREDERICK INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR DAUGHTER, A.F. AND JOSEPH WASHINGTON AND SHERRY WASHINGTON INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR DAUGHTER, S.W. v. VERMILION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, WALTER, "B.J." LEVY, ALTON J. VERRETT, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF HIS MINOR SON, Z.V., CHARLOTTE NOLAN AS ADMINISTRATOR AND NATURAL TUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF HER MINOR SON, Q.N., AND BETTY FREDERICK AS ADMINISTRATOR AND NATURAL TUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF HER MINOR SON C.F., AND LARRY MOORE AS ADMINISTRATOR AND NATURAL TUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF HIS MINOR SON, T.M. (Parish of Vermilion)

2000-C - 3182 NORMA CANTRELLE AND CHARMAINE CANTRELLE CHAISSON v. KEITH M. WHIPPLE (Parish of Terrebonne)

2000-CC- 3183 KLARA E. MARSHALL v. LOUISIANA WORKER'S COMPENSATION CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Vernon)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 3185 BEVERLY BREWER COUVILLION v. MICHAEL JUDE COUVILLION, SR. (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-C - 3186 FATE FARRELL v. THE ESTATE OF JAMES DONOVAN, SR., INDIVIDUALLY AND D/B/A THE PARTNERSHIP OF DONOVAN AND LAWLER, AND THE PARTNERSHIP OF DONOVAN AND LAWLER (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KK- 3187 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HENRY MUSE (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 3190 CHARMAINE CARTER v. DR. WILLIAM GRANT, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 3196 GARDNER N. CLARK v. ELAINE BUSHNELL CLARK (Parish of Lincoln)

2000-C - 3209 CHARMAINE CARTER v. DR. WILLIAM GRANT, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2000-C - 3210 JOSEPH J. VIZZINI AND CINDY SICONEAUX, AS THE MANAGING PARTNERS OF VIZZINI ARABIANS, III AND JAMES O. BALLENGER, HEWITT BRIDGESM RAYMOND CHENEVERT, NORMAN CHENEVERT, D. MICHAEL COUGHLIN, CAROLYN B. DUAL, WILLIAM H, DOOLEY, JR., JOEL GANGI, BARBARA A . MEYER, DR. NOEL F. PILE, CINDY SCIONEAUX, THOMAS MCCROSSEN AND JOSEPH HOURCADE v. KATHERINE G. WARD (Parish of Jefferson)

2000-KH- 3330 STATE EX REL DANNY RAY BRADHAM v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)

2000-KK- 3372 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERRY LATHERS C/W STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHNNY LATHERS (Parish of Pointe Coupee)

KIMBALL, J., recused.