FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 095

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 5th day of December, 2001 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2001-OC- 3184 MILLICENT CLESI BRODTMANN, WIFE OF AND EDWOOD S. BRODTMANN v. CLAUDE W. DUKE AND KREMER MARINE, INC. (Parish of St. Bernard)

KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

LOBRANO, J., recused.

On the 7th day of December, 2001 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED :

2001-C - 2123 BRADLEY COLE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HIS MINOR CHILD, LEAH ASHTON COLE AND DENISE COLE, INDIVIDUALLY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER :

2001-K - 0305 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL MCDANIELS (Parish of Orleans)

See Per Curiam.

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

JOHNSON, J., would deny.

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER; OTHERWISE DENIED :

2000-KH- 2741 STATE EX REL EUGENE WASHINGTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

LEAVE(S) TO APPEAL DENIED :

2001-OB- 2671 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 01-PDB-096

2001-OB- 2713 IN RE: APPEAL OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD DECISION NUMBER 01-PDB-121

JOHNSON, J., would remand the matter to be considered by a three member hearing committee.

TRAYLOR, J., would remand the matter to be considered by a three member hearing committee.

LOBRANO, J., would remand the matter to be considered by a three member hearing committee.

SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM :

2001-B - 1775 IN RE: BILLY GENE WATLEY AND AMY E. WATLEY

REHEARING(S) DENIED :

2001-OC- 2438 CITGO PETROLEUM CORP. AND CONOCO INC. v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

MOTION TO ENFORCE DENIED :

2000-KH- 2291 STATE EX REL DERRICK CHAIRS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED :

2001-CC- 2444 KAYLEM MATHERNE v. BROWN & ROOT (Office Of Workers' Compensation District 09)

2001-CC- 2517 RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY AND SHEPARD CONVENTION SERVICES v. J.R. EQUIPMENT COMPANY, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, HYSTER CORPORATION, DEF INSURANCE COMPANY, AMERICAN MACHINERY MOVERS, AND GHI INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

2001-C - 2551 CERTIFIED CAPITAL CORPORATION v. BOBCO, INC. HENRY G. KERN AND JOHN H. ONSTOTT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED :

2001-C - 2559 PHYLLIS ADAMS, ET AL. v. KENNETH ARCENEAUX, ET AL (Parish of Terrebonne)

2000-KH- 3387 STATE EX REL DAVID SCOTT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-K - 0197 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRANDON JOHNSON (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-KP- 0199 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EMMETT SPOONER, I (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-K - 0204 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DAMON K. ROGERS (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-K - 0205 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDWIN M. FRITH (Parish of Lafourche)

2001-K - 0212 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JERRY L. FONTINEAU (Parish of Desoto)

2001-K - 0213 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GEORGE MOODY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-K - 0216 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLAUDE WILLIAMS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-KP- 0218 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EARL BELL (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KP- 0227 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WALDON DAVID MENSER (Parish of East Feliciana)

2001-K - 0235 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HENRY ROSS WALKER (Parish of St. Tammany)

2001-K - 0236 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MELVIN MANNING (Parish of St. Tammany)

2001-K - 0237 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DANNY RAY GRAY (Parish of St. Tammany)

JOHNSON, J., would grant. Sentence is excessive.

2001-K - 0238 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JESSIE SHELTON (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-K - 0244 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES BLACKWELL (Parish of Ouachita)

2001-KP- 0306 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KATIE JONES, A/K/A KATIE CENANCE (Parish of Orleans)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2001-KH- 0398 STATE EX REL KENNETH FRASIER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)

2001-KH- 0619 STATE EX REL KEITH JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

KNOLL, J., recused.

2001-KH- 0628 STATE EX REL JAMES LANGLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

2001-CI- 0798 RICKIE WESTFALL v. RICHARD STALDER, ET AL (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-KO- 0823 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EMMETT SPOONER I (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-KH- 0881 STATE EX REL PHILLIP SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-KH- 0908 STATE EX REL MARK QUINN TAYLOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-KH- 0917 STATE EX REL SAMUEL JEFFERS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2001-KH- 0923 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL KENNETH DANIEL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 0932 STATE EX REL STEVE BROWN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

2001-KH- 0938 STATE EX REL KENNETH D. POTTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

2001-KH- 0951 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL BENJAMIN MACKEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 0954 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL LOUIS ALEXANDER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-KH- 0956 STATE EX REL MILTON BILLIOT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)

2001-KH- 0970 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL DONALD GIBSON, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)

2001-KH- 0971 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL ARTHUR BOURGEOIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 0972 STATE EX REL PERRY JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 0991 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL DARRYL D. GOODJOINT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

2001-KH- 0994 STATE EX REL PRESTON DEMOUCHET, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)

2001-CI- 1157 STATE EX REL PERRY JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-KH- 2247 STATE EX. REL. PHILLIP SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-C - 2365 DIANNE RANIER COLLIER v. JAMES D. COLLIER (Parish of Lafayette)

2001-C - 2368 GAYLORD CONTAINER CORPORATION AND GAYLORD CHEMICAL CORPORATION v. CNA INSURANCE COMPANIES, ET AL. (Parish of Washington)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 2374 PATRICIA ZALFEN, WIFE OF CHARLES F. ALBRIGHT, III v. CHARLES F. ALBRIGHT, III (Parish of Orleans)

2001-C - 2376 GAYLORD CONTAINER CORPORATION AND GAYLORD CHEMICAL CORPORATION v. CNA INSURANCE COMPANIES, ET AL. (Parish of Washington)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2001-CC- 2424 PATRICK MCGEE v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. C/W LINDA MCALLISTER v. ELIZABETH DORIS MCGEE AND LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. (Parish of Caddo)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

LOBRANO, J., would grant the writ.

2001-CC- 2443 W. CRAIG HERRING v. LOUISIANA GAMING CORPORATION, ET AL. C/W CASHBACK, INC. v. W. CRAIG HERRING, ET AL C/W HAROLD L. ROSBOTTOM, JR. v. W. CRAIG HERRING, ET AL. CASHBACK, INC. v. W. CRAIG HERRING (Parish of Caddo)

2001-CC- 2445 NICOLE D. JOHNSON, ET AL. v. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. D/B/A UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO. ET AL. (Parish of Allen)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2001-CC- 2450 SINCLAIR GRILL COURT D/B/A LOUISIANA GRILL v. AGENT UNDERWRITERS, LTD., FOREST INSURANCE FACILITIES CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS OF LLOYD'S OF LONDON AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Tammany)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2001-CC- 2459 IN RE: CHERYL MOSS, WIFE OF/AND HAROLD MOSS v. MEADOWCREST HOSPITAL (Parish of Jefferson)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2001-K - 2470 IN RE: ISRAEL TRESTMAN (Parish of Orleans)

2001-CC- 2472 RACHEL MORGAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF CAITLIN MOCKLIN v. RANDALL DOBBS AND STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

2001-C - 2477 DAWSON FARMS, L.L.C. v. MILLERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Franklin)

TRAYLOR, J., recused.

2001-KH- 2481 STATE EX REL PRESTON DEMOUCHET JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Acadia)

2001-CC- 2487 AMERICAN MOTORISTS INSURANCE COMPANY v. AMERICAN RENT-ALL, INC., ET AL. C/W ROSE ANN WALTON, ET AL. v. AMERICAN RENT-ALL, INC. ET AL.(PAUL J. GALUSZKA) LEONARD J. CLINE) (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-CC- 2488 GWEN REGGIE, ETC. v. SHANNON L. GUILLORY, ET AL. C/W JEFFREY L. DUHON, ET AL. v. SHANNON L. GUILLORY, ET AL. (Parish of Cameron)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

LOBRANO, J., would grant the writ.

2001-CC- 2489 JIM HENRY OXNER, ET UX. v. LEROY ALVIN MONTGOMERY, ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2001-CC- 2490 KAREN SIMMONS WIFE OF/AND TIMOTHY J. LOTT v. JAY HOTARD & COMPANY, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2001-CC- 2491 GREGORY THOMAS v. METROPOLITAN PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INS. CO., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 2495 BOBBIE B. ANDERSON v. ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Office Of Workers' Compensation District 8)

2001-C - 2497 DAWSON FARMS, L.L.C. v. MILLERS MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Franklin)

TRAYLOR, J., recused.

2001-C - 2504 JAMES H. "JIM" BROWN, COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE, STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STATE FARM FIRE & CASUALTY COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

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

2001-CC- 2506 SHIRLEY PENN THOMPSON v. CHARLES R. DAVOLI AND MOORE, WALTERS & THOMPSON, A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 2525 IN THE MATTER OF J. C. (Parish of Orleans)

2001-O - 2526 RODNEY REVERE v. STEVEN SCHECKMAN, THE JUDICIARY COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA , JUDGE MARTIN COADY & JAMES STRAIN (The Judiciary Commission Of Louisiana)

2001-KK- 2527 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TIMOTHY WASHINGTON (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-C - 2536 PATRICIA ORGERON AND SHERRIL ORGERON v. OUTBACK STEAKHOUSE, INC. XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY, AND JOHN DOE (Parish of St. Tammany)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2001-CC- 2537 WILLIAM COATS, SR., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVE OF HIS SIBLINGS, EMMA COATS ROSS AND DAVID JOHN COATS v. BROWN BROKERAGE COMPANY, INC. (Parish of West Feliciana)

2001-CC- 2540 JOHN MICHAEL DAVIS v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Ascension)

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

2001-C - 2541 LOUIS WIGINTON AND DR. NATHAN FORREST v. TANGIPAHOA PARISH COUNCIL AND GORDON BURGESS, IN HIS CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT OF TANGIPAHOA PARISH (Parish of Tangipahoa)

2001-C - 2545 JASON GILLESPIE, JOHN J. GILLESPIE, M.D. AND LINDA GILLESPIE v. MID-CENTURY INSURANCE COMPANY OF TEXAS, FARMER'S INSURANCE EXCHANGE, STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY AND JOHN D. BANKS (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)

2001-C - 2546 EDWARD A. HORRELL, SR. v. WALTER J. HORRELL, SR. (Parish of St. Tammany)

LOBRANO, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 2547 HARRY R. LINER AND KITTY MCCOY LINER v. ETTA PICCOLA LEWIS (Parish of Lincoln)

2001-OC- 2549 ROBERT H. WESSON, H. R. PROFIT SHARING PLAN ACCOUNT NO. 2656-3314, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHER COMMON STOCK SHAREHOLDERS OF ETHYL CORPORATION v. JAMES MAYEUX, BARBARA RICHARD MAYEUX AND ETHYL CORPORATION (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-CC- 2553 M.S.C., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TUTRIX OF S.J.S., A MINOR v. SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION, INC., D/B/A LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL/THE RECOVERY CENTER OF LAKE CHARLES MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Parish of Calcasieu)

2001-C - 2554 KENNETH E. FORD, GILBERT V. ANDRY, WILLIAM FERNANDEZ, JAMES LICCIARDI, SR., JAMES LICCIARDI, JR. v. MURPHY OIL, U,S,A,. INC.; J. T. CAMBRE, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS PLANT MANAGER FOR MURPHY OIL, U.S.A., MERAUX PLANT; R.E. HUTSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGER FOR MURPHY OIL, U.S.A., MERAUX PLANT, ET AL. (Parish of St. Bernard)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 2557 LOUISIANA SAFETY ASSOCIATION OF TIMBERMEN SELF INSURERS FUND v. MALONE LUMBER, INC. (Parish of Winn)

2001-C - 2558 SDT INDUSTRIES, INC. v. JOHN LEEPER AND CHILEAN NITRATE CORPORATION (Parish of Franklin)

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2001-C - 2560 SANTOS RODRIGUEZ v. FREEMAN DECORATING COMPANY (Office Of Workers' Comp. Dist. 8)

2001-C - 2561 CHRISTINE BENE v. AUDUBON INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Bernard)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2001-CC- 2568 JANICE GARY v. DR. GARY GUIDRY, DR. KERRY PAAPE, TERREBONNE GENERAL MEDICAL CENTER, ET AL. (Parish of Terrebonne)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2001-OC- 2643 CITGO PETROLEUM CORP. AND CONOCO INC. v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION C/W CITGO PETROLEUM CORPORATION AND CONOCO INC. v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION C/W LAKE CHARLES PILOTS, INC. v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2001-O - 2797 ERNEST STOKES v. STEVEN SCHECKMAN, THE JUDICIARY COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA JUDGE WILLIAM BURRIS & CLAYTON JAMES (Judiciary Commission of Louisiana)

2001-CC- 2885 GENE ALONZO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Bernard)

LOBRANO, J., recused.

2001-KK- 2894 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONNIE HARVEY (Parish of Rapides)

2001-KH- 3001 STATE EX REL MARK TAYLOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2001-C - 3096 CHRISTY DYAN LOWE MASTERS v. JIMMY DWAYNE MASTERS (Parish of Ouachita)

JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.