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NEWS RELEASE # 091


FROM:  CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

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

STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:

2002-CC- 3065 ANTHONY J. TUSA, ET AL. v. MASTER VIDEO POKER, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2002-CC- 3055 SUNDAY GUIDRY, ET AL. v. THE GATES CORPORATION ET AL. (Parish of Vermilion)
TRAYLOR, J., recused.
VICTORY, J., would grant the stay and the writ.


On the 16th day of December, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

REMANDED TO DISCIPLINE BOARD; SEE PER CURIAM:

2002-OB- 2650 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 02-PDB-062


On the 17th 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-CJ- 2886 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF K.G. AND T.G. (Juvenile Court, Parish of Orleans)
(Consolidated with 2002-CJ-2892)

2002-CJ- 2892 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF K.G. AND T.G. (Juvenile Court, Parish of Orleans)

WRIT APPLICATION TRANSFERRED TO COURT OF APPEAL THIRD CIRCUIT :

2002-CD- 3105 KENNETH LAMAR SIMPSON v. ASHLEY STONER (Parish of Sabine)

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED:

2001-K - 2724 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RENE J. DECAY (Parish of Jefferson)


On the 18th day of December, 2002 , the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:

2002-KK- 3114 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HAI HUYNH (Parish of Jefferson)


On the 19th 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 WITH ORDER :

2002-KK- 1778 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LIONEL MORRIS (Parish of Orleans)
See Per Curiam.

LEAVE TO APPEAL DENIED :

2002-OB- 2513 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 02-PDB-028

2002-OB- 2606 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 02-PDB-057

APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED:

2002-C - 2686 ROBERT LEE BOXIE v. LOUISIANA STATE RACING COMMISSION (Parish of Orleans)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2001-KO- 3320 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM CHATTMAN (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 0331 STATE EX REL. DEMOND MACK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
WEIMER, J., recused.

2002-KH- 0344 STATE EX REL DAVID A. JACKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Beauregard)

2002-KH- 0346 STATE EX REL ANTHONY ROBERTS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 0347 STATE EX REL DAVID LEE BREWINGTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Natchitoches)

2002-KH- 0348 STATE EX REL MICHAEL AUGUSTINE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 0349 STATE EX REL BYRON DAVIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 0350 STATE EX REL MICHAEL GRIFFIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 0351 STATE EX REL EARL SUTTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 0353 STATE EX REL MCKINNON BAKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 0354 STATE EX REL EARNEST WELCH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2002-KH- 0355 STATE EX REL RANDAL L. SCOTT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jackson)

2002-KH- 0356 STATE EX REL JOHN R. WHEAT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 0357 STATE EX REL JEROME WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KH- 0362 STATE EX REL WAYNE GORDON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-KH- 0368 STATE EX REL MICHAEL D. BELTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Natchitoches)

2002-KH- 0370 STATE EX REL ROLAND SCOTT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

2002-KH- 0371 STATE EX REL JOSEPH GRAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberville)

2002-KH- 0372 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL. THOMAS DUVALL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)

2002-KH- 0373 STATE EX REL KENNETH REED v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2002-KH- 0374 STATE EX REL RONALD BURD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2002-KP- 0389 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WAYNE JOHNSON (Parish of Orleans)
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2002-K - 0917 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DOUGLAS CASSARD (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-K - 1117 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRADFORD STE. MARIE (Parish of Iberia)
TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.
WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.
VICTORY, J., concurs with reasons.

2002-K - 1397 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PATRICK GRAVES (Parish of Washington)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.
KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2002-K - 1423 STATE 0F LOUISIANA v. GEORGE BLAKE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.
TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2002-K - 1614 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RODERICK IRVING (Parish of Caddo)

2002-K - 1638 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALONZO AMBO (Parish of St. Tammany)
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2002-K - 1671 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DALE K. ALLIEN (Parish of Lasalle)

2002-K - 1685 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MATTHEW AARON NIGHTENGALE (Parish of East Carroll)

2002-K - 1770 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHNNY GRAHAM AND LUCAS JEFFERSON (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-K - 1782 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RANDY HUGHES (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-K - 1792 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GERALD W. COLE (Parish of Orleans)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.

2002-K - 1803 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TOBIAS A. WILLIAMS (Parish of Vernon)

2002-K - 1863 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANDRE CHACHERE (Parish of Orleans)

2002-K - 1882 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARK STEIN (Parish of St. Landry)

2002-C - 2477 COLUMBUS METAIRIE PROPERTIES, L.L.C. AND GALLERIA INN, L.L.C. GALLERIA COURT, L.L.C. v. METAIRIE HOTEL INVESTORS LIMITED
PARTNERSHIP (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-C - 2478 SAMUEL W. PARRY, M.D., INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL MEMBERS OF THE CLASS DESCRIBED HEREIN v. THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND, D/B/A TULANE MEDICAL SCHOOL (Parish of Orleans)

2002-C - 2502 YOLANDA D. HORTMAN AND COLLIN HORTMAN v. STATE FARM MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Caddo)

2002-C - 2528 NARLENE CAPRON, AS NATURAL TUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF HER MINOR DAUGHTER, RICHELLE A. SIMS, AND EDWARD C. CAPRON, JR. AS TEMPORARY LEGAL CUSTODIAN AND GUARDIAN OF HIS MINOR GRANDDAUGHTER, RICHELLE A. SIMS v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, VICKY A. HARDING, CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, AND STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF
TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT C/W GENA DIMIAO v. VICKY AND LARRY HARDING AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY AND STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.
WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2532 AMY KELLY DAY, ET AL. v. OUACHITA PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, ET AL. (Parish of Ouachita)

2002-KK- 2569 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BERRY M. CHANDLER (Parish of Ouachita)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2577 MICHAEL MARK ALLEN v. STATE FARM FIRE AND CASUALTY COMPANY, AMY SLATON, AND JOHN SLATON (Parish of Bossier)
KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2614 NARLENE CAPRON, AS NATURAL TUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF HER MINOR DAUGHTER, RICHELLE A. SIMS, AND EDWARD C. CAPRON, JR. AS TEMPORARY LEGAL CUSTODIAN AND GUARDIAN OF HIS MINOR GRANDDAUGHTER, RICHELLE A. SIMS. v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, VICKY A. HARDING, CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, AND STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT C/W CONSOLIDATED WITH GENA DIMIAO v. VICKY AND LARRY HARDING AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY AND STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2002-CC- 2627 FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE, ET AL. v. VALLEY FORGE LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)
KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.
TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2646 QUEENESTER BANKS RILEY, FREDONIA BANKS PETERS, AND SYLVIA T. BANKS ROBINSON, EACH INDIVIDUALLY, AND JOINTLY ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF LAWRENCE BANKS v. MAISON ORLEANS, II, INC.
AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2647 THERESA DUHON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS, DOING BUSINESS AS UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2652 JOHN KUZOFF v. TIDEWATER MARINE, INC. (Parish of Orleans)

2002-C - 2653 QUEENESTER BANKS RILEY, FREDONIA BANKS PETERS, AND SYLVIA T. BANKS ROBINSON, EACH INDIVIDUALLY, AND JOINTLY ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF LAWRENCE BANKS v. MAISON ORLEANS II, INC. AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2002-CC- 2657 SHELIA SMITH COATES, ET AL. v. ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER, ET AL. (Parish of Caldwell)

2002-CC- 2659 SMIT LAND & MARINE, INC. v. WHC, INCORPORATED, ET AL. (Parish of St. Martin)

2002-C - 2664 O.S. JOHNSON DIRT CONTRACTOR, INC. v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2002-CC- 2681 JEFFREY W. CLARK v. HERBERT L. MATTHEWS, ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY AND ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)

2002-C - 2682 MARVIN J. POLLET v. DR. JOHN V. BARTON, EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SHERIFF ELMER LITCHFIELD, MAJOR BUD CONNERS, LIEUTENANT PAUL VENABLE AND SERGEANT DALE DICHARRY, MIKE BARNETT AND NUTMEG INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2002-C - 2685 CHERYL SHIRLEY, WIFE OF/AND LARRY D. SHIRLEY v. CENTENNIAL INSURANCE COMPANY, SHELTER INSURANCE COMPANY AND HARTLAND ADAMS (Parish of Jefferson)
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2691 GARY L. HARRIS v. STEPHEN J. SOILEAU AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY C/W SHANNON S. WEARY, CARRIE OWENS, MICHELE OWENS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTRIX OF HER MINOR CHILDREN DANEL OWENS AND JASHADRICK OWENS v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, STEPHEN J. SOILEAU AND GARY L. HARRIS (Parish of St. Tammany)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2695 RAYMOND GARY v. CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO., ET AL. (Parish of St. Martin)

2002-KK- 2699 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT C. WHITE (Parish of Calcasieu)
TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2700 JENNIFER HAMPTON v. MICHAEL THOMAS, ET AL. (Parish of Vermilion)

2002-C - 2701 STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT v. MARY PRUDHOMME JONES, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)

2002-C - 2703 B.F. SAMUEL, SR. D/B/A UPSTREAM SHOPPING CENTER v. COMMUNITY COFFEE COMPANY, INC. D/B/A C.C.'S GOURMET COFFEEHOUSE (Parish of St. Tammany)
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2002-CC- 2704 DAMON PIERCE DEVILLE v. SOUTH CENTRAL INDUSTRIES, INC. (Parish of Lafayette)
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2705 MARY FLANDERS v. MCDONALD'S RESTAURANT (Office Of Workers' Compensation District 04)

2002-C - 2706 JOHNNY SAM v. ASPLUNDH TREE EXPERT CO. (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 4)

002-C - 2708 STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT v. HIRED TRUCKS, INC., DONALD E. CABLENTE, AND CLARENDON NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Tammany)

2002-C - 2709 ETHYL CORPORATION v. GULF STATES UTILITIES, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2002-C - 2712 EMILE WILLIAMS v. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FORESTRY (State Civil Service Commission)
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.
TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2002-C - 2742 RAYMOND GARY v. CLARENDON NATIONAL INS. CO., ET AL. (Parish of St. Martin)

2002-C - 3004 LHO NEW ORLEANS LM, L.P. v. MHI LEASCO NEW ORLEANS, INC. (Parish of Orleans)