FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE  

NEWS RELEASE # 002

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA

On the 7th day of January, 2005, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

STAY(S) DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2005-KK-0026       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL CHARLES STEWART (Parish of St. Tammany)

2005-KK-0032       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRAD BRAUS (Parish of St. Mary)

On the 10th day of January, 2005, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:

2005-KD-0052       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILBERT RIDEAU (Parish of Calcasieu)

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

On the 11th day of January, 2005, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT:

2004-KH-2066       STATE EX REL FRANK C. WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-2118       STATE EX REL EDMOND BURKHALTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-2439       STATE EX REL THOMAS LANDRY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-3161       STATE EX REL JOSEPH ALPINE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

RESIGNATION(S) ACCEPTED:

2004-OB-2967       IN RE: JOSEPH C. KOSAREK

                  See Order.

On the 12th day of January, 2005, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

PETITION FOR CONSENT DISCIPLINE GRANTED:

2004-B -3179       IN RE: JEAN MARIE LACOBEE

                  See Order.

APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO TAKE THE BAR EXAM DENIED:

2004-OB-3092       IN RE: JOSEPH G. PASTOREK, II

                  See Order.

RECONSIDERATION DENIED:

2003-KH-2296       STATE EX REL KENNETH C. SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2004-CJ-3190       STATE IN THE INTEREST OF J.L.K. (Parish of Jefferson)

On the 14th day of January, 2005, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:

2004-KH-3054       STATE EX REL DAVID SINGLETON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT:

2004-KH-2109       STATE EX REL OTIS R. MCKINLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT:

2004-KH-2990       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIE NEVELS (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-3111       STATE EX REL GUY FRANK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

ADMISSION TO THE BAR GRANTED:

2003-OB-3497       IN RE: COLETTE BATTLE

                  See Order.

DISCIPLINE IMPOSED; SEE PER CURIAM:

2004-B -1119       IN RE: C. JUSTIN BROWN, JR.

CALOGERO, C.J., would suspend respondent for one year and one day.

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED:

2004-KP-1607       STATE EX REL JOSEPH DICKERSON v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-C -1940       SUCCESSIONS OF THEODORE PIERRE ROUSSEL AND ELIZABETH T. ROUSSEL (Parish of St. John)

2004-C -2055       MICHAEL TRAHAN AND IRIS TRAHAN v. JOHN MILLIET AND DARLENE MILLIET (Parish of Jefferson)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2003-KH-1693       STATE EX REL CHARLES HENSLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2003-CI-3177       BILLY SINCLAIR v. RICHARD STALDER, SECRETARY LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

CALOGERO, C.J., & JOHNSON, J., dissent from the denial of the writ, and would remand the case to the district court. Because "[c]ase law has...established that a state may not bar parole in retaliation for a prisoner's exercise of his constitutional rights," including exercise of the right to access to courts by filing suit, Burkett v. Love , 89 F.3d 135, 139-40 (3d Cir. 1996) (citations omitted); see also Johnson v. Rodriguez , 110 F.3d 299, 310 (5th Cir. 1997), relator's claim that the Board of Parole denied him release in retaliation for his litigiousness does state a cause of action, as the district court found. We would therefore vacate the ruling of the court of appeal, and remand for the hearing initially ordered by the district court only on relator's claim that the Board of Parole denied him release in retaliation for his exercise of his right of access to the courts.

2003-KH-3301       STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL JEFFREY PAUL MOUTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)

2003-KH-3398       STATE EX REL MICHAEL SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2003-KH-3405       STATE EX REL NATHAN PERRON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2003-KH-3406       STATE EX REL CLOVIS B. COLLINS, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)

2003-KH-3410       STATE EX REL ROBERT C. MEADS, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)

2003-KH-3453       STATE EX REL HENRY HUDSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-0046       STATE EX REL JAMES BROWN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lincoln)

2004-KH-0111       STATE EX REL MICHAEL J. FRANCOIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)

WEIMER, J., recused.

2004-KH-0217       STATE EX REL CHRIS GILKERS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-KH-0228       STATE EX REL EDDIE BURKHALTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)

2004-KH-0249       STATE EX REL CLIFTON M. FIELDING v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bienville)

2004-KH-0252       STATE EX REL DAVID W. BRYARS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

WEIMER, J., recused.

2004-KH-0256       STATE EX REL RONNELL CARNEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-0257       STATE EX REL HAROLD GASSENBERGER, III v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-KH-0258       STATE EX REL MICHAEL JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-0263       STATE EX REL TRACY GLEN CLARK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Desoto)

2004-KH-0266       STATE EX REL KEVIN GOODLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)

2004-KH-0281       STATE EX REL AARON HILL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-0331       STATE EX REL RON RATLIFF, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bienville)

2004-KH-0332       STATE EX REL TRAVIS ROGERS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-0334       STATE EX REL GARY T. PILOT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-0341       STATE EX REL MINNIE MCCALEB v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-KH-0342       STATE EX REL RODERICK PRESIDENT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vernon)

2004-KH-0343       STATE EX REL DONALD WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-0345       STATE EX REL DONNIE E. WUBKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)

2004-KH-0352       STATE EX REL BRANDON GRAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-KH-0353       STATE EX REL RICHARD A. SHEPPARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-KH-0358       STATE EX REL MCKINNON BAKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-0375       STATE EX REL ROBERT HARRISON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-0389       STATE EX REL JOHN SULLIVAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-0405       STATE EX REL CEDRIC CARTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-0409       STATE EX REL ERNEST HANCOCK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)

2004-KH-0416       STATE EX REL ANTHONY SHELTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KH-0421       STATE EX REL DERRICK COUSIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

2004-KH-0431       STATE EX REL BENNY HAYES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Winn)

2004-KH-0511       STATE EX REL KELLY GEIGER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-K -0515       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LAURA EUGENE (Parish of St. John)

2004-KP-0750       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARTHA WILLIAMS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2004-K -2099       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JENNIFER L. MILLS (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-K -2102       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRELL S. SYLVE, JR. (Parish of Plaquemines)

2004-CC-2160       DANA MICHELLE DAWKINS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE MINORS, RUSSELL TYLER DAWKINS AND LAUREN ASHLEY DAWKINS v. JULES F. LEDET, DEBBIE H. LEDET, COCODRIE CLUBHOUSE, INC. AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY   (Parish of Terrebonne)

                  WEIMER, J., recused.

2004-K -2161       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHRISTOPHER D. OXLEY (Parish of Livingston)

2004-K -2165       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL W. SOILEAU (Parish of Evangeline)

2004-KP-2168       STATE EX REL JAMIE HAGER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

2004-KP-2178       STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL. JAMES WESLEY STARNS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2004-KO-2220       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FLOYD FALKINS (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-KH-2236       STATE EX REL CHARLES HENSLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-C -2310       RESSIE PAMPLIN AND ALVIN PAMPLIN v. BOSSIER PARISH COMMUNITY COLLEGE (Parish of Bossier)

2004-C -2312       SHELDON FLEMING v. LOUISIANA PSYCHIATRIC COMPANY, INC. D/B/A DEPAUL HOSPITAL C/W SHELDON FLEMING v. LOUISIANA PSYCHIATRIC COMPANY, INC. D/B/A DEPAUL HOSPITAL (Parish of Orleans)

2004-CC-2370       JCDECAUX LOUIS ARMSTRONG NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT VENTURE v. NEW ORLEANS AVIATION BOARD (Parish of Orleans)

2004-C -2473       BIZCAPITAL BUSINESS & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORP. v. UNION PLANTERS CORP. D/B/A UNION PLANTERS BANK, HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK AND THE BUSINESS BANK OF BATON ROUGE (Parish of Orleans)

2004-C -2505       BIZCAPITAL BUSINESS & INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT CORP. v. UNION PLANTERS CORP. D/B/A UNION PLANTERS BANK, HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK AND THE BUSINESS BANK OF BATON ROUGE (Parish of Orleans)

2004-K -2554       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MAURICE TATE (Parish of Claiborne)

2004-C -2566       RUFUS SHEPPARD, BARBARA SHEPPARD, MINOR CHILD TIFFANY HOLLOWAY BY HER LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE PATSY SCOTT v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE, BATON ROUGE CITY POLICE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, CITY CONSTABLE RICHARD BUDDY WILSON, GREG PHARES, CONSTABLE ALVIN JACKSON, MICHAEL KING, CITY POLICE CAPTAIN PATRICK WALSH AND OTHER UNNAMED OFFICERS TO BE ADDED (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2004-C -2642       WASTE MANAGEMENT OF CENTRAL LOUISIANA, ET AL. v. ROBERT P. BEALL, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)

2004-CC-2643       PATRICIA HUTCHINSON, WIFE OF/AND SIDNEY R. HUTCHISON v. MURPHY OIL USA, INC., ABB LGI CONSTRUCTION, INC., AND MODULAR MODIFICATIONS, L.L.C. (Parish of St. Bernard)

CALOGERO, C.J., concurs in the writ denial and assigns reasons.

2004-CC-2648       PATRICIA HUTCHINSON, WIFE OF/AND SIDNEY R. HUTCHISON v. MURPHY OIL USA, INC., ABB LGI CONSTRUCTION, INC., AND MODULAR MODIFICATIONS, L.L.C. (Parish of St. Bernard)

CALOGERO, C.J., concurs in the denial and assigns reasons.

2004-CC-2668       TINA E. VARNADO AND TRACIE VARNADO v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Tangipahoa)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2004-C -2682       DWIGHT HICKMAN v. JIM SMITH LOGGING, ET AL. (Office of Workers' Compensation District # 3)

VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2004-C -2702       IN RE: EDC CONTRACTOR INSURANCE LITIGATION (Parish of Calcasieu)

2004-C -2719       PAUL ZERBE v. TOWN OF CARENCRO, CARENCRO POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF TIMOTHY DUHON, ASSISTANT CHIEF BRENT BREAUX, TOBY LANDRY, OFF DUTY DEPUTY JOHN DOE, UNKNOWN OFFICERS (Parish of Lafayette)

2004-CC-2720       JAMES H. "JIM" BROWN, AS COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES E. HUGHES AND BILL R. HENRY, SR. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2004-CC-2721       DUREL MATHERNE AND NANCY MATHERNE v. ITALIAN AMERICAN MARCHING CLUB, INC., ET AL (Parish of Orleans)

                  CALOGERO, C.J., recused.

2004-C -2735       PAUL ZERBE v. TOWN OF CARENCRO, CARENCRO POLICE DEPARTMENT, CHIEF TIMOTHY DUHON, ASSISTANT CHIEF BRENT BREAUX, TOBY LANDRY, OFF DUTY DEPUTY JOHN DOE, UNKNOWN OFFICERS (Parish of Lafayette)

2004-C -2736       DONALD J. NALTY AND FRANK E. SCHMIDT v. D.H. HOLMES COMPANY, LIMITED (Parish of Orleans)

2004-KK-2737       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEROY FORET (Parish of Jefferson)

2004-C -2741       GEORGE SMITH, JR. v. FRENCH MARKET CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2004-C -2742       HOWELL PETROLEUM CORPORATION, UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA, SUNBELT ENERGY, LET., VOYAGER PETROLEUM, INC., FALCON SEABOARD OIL & GAS, L.P., J. MICHAEL MUCKLEROY & JOSEPH MUSOLINO v. ALCIS A. LACOSTE, ET AL. (Parish of Terrebonne)

TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2004-CC-2744       TONI KAY MECHE v. SECURITY CONCEPTS INTERNATIONAL, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)

2004-C -2797       DONALD J. NALTY AND FRANK E. SCHMIDT v. D.H. HOLMES COMPANY, LIMITED (Parish of Orleans)

2004-CC-2980       RAINTREE CONDOMINIUM ASSOCIATION v. JEFF BURNS BUILDER, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)