FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 089

FROM:  CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 10th day of December, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

RESIGNATION(S) ACCEPTED :

2002-OB- 2711 IN RE: PETER C. BERTUCCI
See Order.


On the 11th day of December, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION:

2002-CC- 1795 MICHAEL BEDDOE v. PHILLIP SMITH TRUCKING, INC. ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)

On the 12th day of December, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

STAY GRANTED:

2002-CK- 3025 STATE IN THE INTEREST OF R.C., ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

On the 13th day of December, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED:

2002-K - 1406 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENYON R. WILLIAMS (Parish of Plaquemines)

2002-C - 2349 LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT v. KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN, RAILWAY CO, ET AL (Parish of Caddo)

TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT:

2002-KH- 2827 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT L. SMITH (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

LEAVE TO APPEAL DENIED:

2002-OB- 2190 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 02-PDB-013

2002-OB- 2202 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 02-PDB-016

2002-OB- 2386 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 02-PDB-042

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED :

2001-KP- 2434 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALEX I. MEJIA (Parish of Orleans)

2001-KH- 2955 STATE EX REL ELBERT J. RATCLIFF, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2001-KO- 3310 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ARTHUR LEE JONES (Parish of St. Landry)

2002-KH- 0045 STATE EX REL STEVEN DORSEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
WEIMER, J., recused.

2002-KP- 0081 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL LARRY MCGUIRE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)

2002-KH- 0164 STATE EX REL BLAINE PENNISON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)

2002-KP- 0168 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DANNY MCCADNEY (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 0182 STATE EX REL CLAUDE RAY HULIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

2002-KH- 0222 STATE EX REL AARON WILFORD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 0223 STATE EX REL BRENNAN LOWE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 0224 STATE EX REL UDELL GREEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Assumption)

2002-KH- 0225 STATE EX REL LARRY MCGEE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 0226 STATE EX REL ANTHONY PIERCE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 0227 STATE EX REL TYRONE CARTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 0229 STATE EX REL JERRY WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)

2002-KH- 0232 STATE EX REL ULYSSES JOSEPH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)

2002-KH- 0233 STATE EX REL RODDY GUILBEAU v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)

2002-KP- 0242 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES FRANK, JR.

2002-KH- 0281 STATE EX REL DAVID GERARD JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Feliciana)

2002-KH- 0282 STATE EX REL NORVEL TREPAGNIER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 0326 STATE EX REL TYRONE E. CEASAR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

2002-KP- 0339 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALBERT SOUBLET (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 0343 STATE EX REL BRUCE ALEXANDER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2002-K - 1420 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRYAN K. MORGAN (Parish of Orleans)

2002-K - 1475 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH L. GALATAS (Parish of St. Tammany)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.
WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

2002-K - 1476 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SIDNEY COTTON (Parish of Washington)

2002-KO- 1495 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT W. MARCOTTE (Parish of St. Mary)

2002-K - 1500 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRON HARRIS (Parish of Orleans)

2002-K - 1505 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN HARRISON NASH, III (Parish of St. Mary)

2002-K - 1513 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STEPHENSON W. STROGEN (Parish of Caddo)

2002-K - 1540 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN ESTEEN, III (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-K - 1549 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRELL L. MCCOY C/W STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL LEDEAN CARTER (Parish of Webster)

2002-C - 2040 DEPENDABLE GLASS WORKS, INC. v. MARTHA CYMES WOHLTMANN, CHARLES WOHLTMANN, AND JOE HODGE (AND OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of St. Tammany)

2002-C - 2286 DOROTHY L. MATHEWS, ET AL. v. HIXSON BROTHERS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2305 DOROTHY L. MATHEWS, ET AL. v. HIXSON BROTHERS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2387 SIMON HARGROVE v. NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT

2002-C - 2450 WARREN ENERGY RESOURCES, INC. v. LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION, ET AL. (Parish of Cameron)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.

2002-OC- 2522 JOSEPH TILLIS v. INTERSTATE INDEMNITY COMPANY AND SEGAN PATRICK CROCHET (Parish of Tangipahoa)

2002-C - 2524 RAYMOND CAREY, ET AL. v. JAYASHREE K. RAO, M.D. (Parish of Orleans)

2002-CC- 2533 FAYE A. CARBO v. PALAZZO & ASSOCIATES, L.L.C.

2002-C - 2534 DAVID L. GAINES AND SUSAN D. GAINES v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2002-C - 2567 STRANCO, INC. v. GREATER NEW ORLEANS LANDFILL, INC., SOUTHERN RECOVERY MANAGEMENT, INC. JOSEPH C. MARCELLO AND S. JOSEPH SEGRETO (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-OC- 2568 LAWRENCE GROS v. DAYNE CAMPO AND SOUTHERN UNITED FIRE INSURANCE (Parish of Ascension)

2002-C - 2572 MARLENE BAILEY v. ST. MARTIN PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, ET AL (Parish of St. Martin)

2002-C - 2575 DUDLEY PILLOW v. ENTERY CORPORATION (Parish of Madison)

2002-C - 2579 IN RE: R.C. BESTER C/W TROY BASS v. LOOMIS ARMORED INC., GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY, FLEET TIRE SERVICE, LOOMIS MANUFACTURING DIVISION, AND SLIDELL 76 AUTO TRUCK PLAZA INC. C/W EDWARD THOMAS v. FLEET TIRE SERVICE OF LOUISIANA, INC., GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBER COMPANY, LOOMIS MANUFACTURING DIVISION, LOOMIS ARMORED, INC., SLIDELL 76 AUTO TRUCK PLAZA, INC. (Parish of Orleans)

2002-C - 2580 PATRICIA JOHNSON STREET, ET AL. v. LOUISIANA PACIFIC CORP., ET AL. C/W ANNIE GOODS, ET AL. v. LOUISIANA PACIFIC CORP., ET AL. (Parish of Winn)
KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.

2002-CC- 2583 NEWELL H. ANDRY, ET AL. v. MURPHY OIL U.S.A., INC., ET AL. (Parish of St. Bernard)

2002-C - 2587 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. AARON RICE (BANKERS INSURANCE COMPANY, SURETY) (Parish of Ouachita)
WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2592 ELIZABETH YOHN v. KENNETH W. BRANDON, AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF HIS MINOR DAUGHTER, KRISTIN NICOLE BRANDON, AND ASSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2002-CC- 2593 THERESA AUBERT WEBER, WIDOW OF HAROLD JOSEPH WEBER, SR. AND HAROLD J. WEBER, JR. AND MARIE THERESA WEBER KEATING, CHILDREN OF HAROLD JOSEPH WEBER, SR. v. A.P. GREEN INDUSTRIES, INC. (Parish of Orleans)

2002-CC- 2594 DEWEY WEBER, ET AL. v. AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC., ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

2002-C - 2612 DORSEY WILEY, JR. v. DIJON SERVICES, INC., AND LOUISIANA WORKERS' COMPENSATION CORPORATION (Office of Workers' Compensation District No. 7)

2002-C - 2620 KEVIN BANKS v. NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT C/W JACK HOFFMAN v. NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT (Orleans Parish Civil Service Commission)

2002-CC- 2621 ST. BERNARD MEMORIAL FUNERAL HOME, INC. v. THE DOODY GROUP , INC., DONAHUE FAVRET CONTRACTORS, INC. AND FIDELITY & DEPOSIT COMPANY OF MARYLAND (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-CC- 2625 ADRIENNE JACKSON v. TANYA CAUSEY, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2628 JODY LANTIER v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTO. INS. CO., ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2629 AMBROSE PETERSON v. ROBERT A. SCHIMEK, M. D. AND LAFAYETTE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)
JOHNSON, J., recused.

2002-C - 2630 LAURA O. NESOM v. ELDON R. FEATHERSTON, R & R WHOLESALE DIST. CO., AND FARMERS INSURANCE COMPANY AND FLEETWOOD ENTERPRISES, INC. (Parish of Livingston)

2002-CC- 2632 TRAVELERS INDEMNITY OF AMERICA, AS SUBROGEE OF/AND CHRIS BROWN D/B/A SOUND CHEK v. ALARM PROTECTION SERIVCES, INC. AND SCOTTSDALE INS.  CO. (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-C - 2641 MICHAEL GEORGE v. DOVER ELEVATOR COMPANY, CHRISTIAN HEALTH MINISTRIES, D/B/A SOUTHERN BAPTIST HOSPITAL , LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, AND ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

2002-C - 2643 MARCIA E. DUSH v. HOJ POJ AND HAIR, ET AL. (Parish of Vernon)

2002-C - 2676 PATRICIA JOHNSON STREET, ET AL. v. LOUISIANA PACIFIC CORP., ET AL. C/W ANNIE GOODS, ET AL. v. LOUISIANA PACIFIC CORP., ET AL. (Parish of Winn)
KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.

2002-K - 2687 STATE OF LOUSIANA v. NELSON AVERY (Parish of Orleans)

2002-C - 2710 AMBROSE PETERSON v. ROBERT A. SCHIMEK, M. D. AND LAFAYETTE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)
JOHNSON, J., recused.
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2002-CC- 2817 MRS. GLORIA PITTMAN, ETC. v. C.R. PITTMAN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)