FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE  

NEWS RELEASE # 054

FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 25th day of June, 2004, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

REHEARING(S) DENIED:

1998-KA-1078       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALLEN SNYDER (Parish of

Jefferson)

Retired Judge Melvin A. Shortess, sitting ad hoc for Knoll, J., recused.

2002-KA-1869       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRELL J. ROBINSON (Parish

of Rapides)

2003-K -1313       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RONNIE L. FRANCOIS AND

RICKY M. KEMP (Parish of Orleans)

(Two Applications, both denied)

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant a rehearing.

JOHNSON, J., would grant a rehearing.

KNOLL, J., would grant a rehearing.

2003-C -1488       KAREN J. RICHARD, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF

HER MINOR CHILD, EMILY RICHARD v. MICHAEL A. HALL, SCREENING SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL, LOUISIANA DIVISION, INC., ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY AND EMPIRE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2003-C -1734       ROY W. HALL AND HELEN HALL v. THE FOLGER COFFEE

COMPANY AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY C/W THE FOLGER COFFEE COMPANY v. ROY W. HALL AND HELEN HALL (Parish of Orleans)

(Two Applications, both denied)

KIMBALL, J., would grant a rehearing.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant a rehearing.

KNOLL, J., would grant a rehearing.

2003-C -1747       ANNETTE TOSTON, AS CURATRIX OF SYVELLA TOSTON

AND TUTRIX OF TYRA TOSTON v. JAMES D. PARDON, NELSON R. CARR, PROGRESSIVE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, ILLINOIS NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of East Carroll)

VICTORY, J., would grant a rehearing.

WEIMER, J., would grant a rehearing.

2003-C -1766       ALMA M. JONES v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION

(Office Of Workers' Compensation District 1-W)

KIMBALL, J., concurs to point out that the footnote at issue does not preclude this issue being raised in separate litigation.

2003-B -2985       IN RE: JERRY JACKSON STAMPS AND TERESA LYNN

WITT-STAMPS

(Disciplinary Proceedings)

CALOGERO, C.J., would grant a rehearing.

2003-O -3408       IN RE. JUDGE YVONNE L. HUGHES

(Judiciary Commission of Louisiana)

REHEARING NOT CONSIDERED:

2003-B -3138       IN RE: JACQUELINE CARR

(Disciplinary Proceedings)

This Court's judgment in In re : Carr , 03-3138 (La. 5/25/04), ____So.2d ____ is final and definitive. See Supreme Court Rule XIX, §26(E); La. Code Civ.P. art. 2167.