FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 064

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA


On the 29th day of November, 2005, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2005-KH-0025       STATE EX REL JOSEPH BENNETT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-1697       STATE EX REL RICHARD A. SANDERSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)



On the 1st day of December, 2005, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

STAY GRANTED:

2005-C -2390       IN THE INTEREST OF J.B.A. AND J.B.A. (Parish of Ouachita)



On the 5th day of December, 2005, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

STAY LIFTED; WRIT DENIED:

2005-C -2390       IN THE INTEREST OF J.B.A. AND J.B.A. (Parish of Ouachita)



On the 9th day of December, 2005, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:

WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED:

2005-K -0835       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KALVIN B. LEE (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-C -1192       GABRIEL LEWIS, JR. v. SUCCESSION OF MATTHEW JOHNSON, ET AL. (Parish of St. Landry)

WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED WITH ORDER:

2005-CC-1305       NORMAN MOUILLE v. AMS STAFF LEASING/CORPORATE PERSONNEL SERVICES & TEMPS, INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation District 5)
JOHNSON, J., would deny.
KNOLL, J., would deny.

PERMANENT DISBARMENT ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:

2005-B -0816       IN RE: CARMEN S. MADERA
CALOGERO, C.J., dissents in part and assigns reasons.
JOHNSON, J., would disbar.

CONSENT DISCIPLINE ACCEPTED; SUSPENSION ORDERED:

2005-B -1971       IN RE: E. ROLAND CHARLES
See Per Curiam.

RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED:

2004-KH-0377       STATE EX REL ALVIN PAUL HILL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2004-CI-2581       HAROLD VINCENT v. FELICIA ANN HANDL (Parish of West Feliciana)

2004-KH-2851       STATE EX REL JERROD A. WILSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson Davis)

2004-KH-3067       STATE EX REL JERROD A. WILSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson Davis)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DISMISSED:

2005-KH-1284       STATE EX REL ERIC CARR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:

2005-CC-2076       HOFFMAN, SEIGEL, SEYDEL, BIENVENU & CENTOLA, APLC v. DELBERT LEE, ELANA LEE, FIRST BANK AND TRUST COMPANY AND PAYCHEX, INC. (Parish of Orleans)
KNOLL, J., dissents and would grant the writ. See Aguillard v. Auction Management Corp., 04-2804 (La.6/29/05), So.2d. .

RENDERED MOOT BY DECISION OF THIS COURT:

2004-KD-1154       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ADRIAN CITIZEN AND STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BENJAMIN G. TONGUIS (Parish of Calcasieu)

WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:

2004-KH-3098       STATE EX REL JERROL LOUIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2004-KH-3124       STATE EX REL DONALD DOMINICK RAGAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.
JOHNSON, J., would grant.
KNOLL, J., would grant.

2004-KH-3217       STATE EX REL JERROL LOUIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2005-KH-0059       STATE EX REL. LOUIS CRAIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

2005-KH-0062       STATE EX REL GREGORY WILSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

2005-KH-0063       STATE EX REL. RONALD OLIVIER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-0064       STATE EX REL. BRIAN MONDY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-0066       STATE EX REL CHRISTOPHER M. EDWARDS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-KH-0067       STATE EX REL HARRISON BREAUX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-KH-0095       STATE EX REL PAUL ENGLISH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-0097       STATE EX REL KEVIN DUKES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
WEIMER, J., recused.

2005-KH-0098       STATE EX REL PRESTON DEMOUCHET, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Acadia)

2005-KH-0167       STATE EX REL. FELTON COUSIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)

2005-CI-0168       MICHAEL RICE v. RICHARD STALDER, ET AL (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2005-KH-0198       STATE EX REL MARSHALL T. BATCHELOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Madison)

2005-KH-0199       STATE EX REL. JOHNNIE ROBERTS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-0200       STATE EX REL. GLENN BROOKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)

2005-KH-0202       STATE EX REL JESSIE JAMES OFFORD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)

2005-KH-0203       STATE EX REL. CHAD BOUDREAUX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)

2005-KH-0206       STATE EX REL ALFRED LEE HUNTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lincoln)

2005-KH-0208       STATE EX REL. JAMES LANGENDORFER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2005-KH-0217       STATE EX REL. DAVID WEBB v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-0234       STATE EX REL CRAIG PARENT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-KH-0235       STATE EX REL. RUSSELL PAYTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
WEIMER, J., recused.

2005-KH-0236       STATE EX REL CLAYTON LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)

2005-KH-0237       STATE EX REL. ELVIS TOUCHET v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vermilion)

2005-KH-0238       STATE EX REL. KEVIN E. HENNAGIR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-0240       STATE EX REL. ANTHONY J. GIBSON, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-0241       STATE EX REL WESLEY BRIGGS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vermilion)

2005-KH-0242       STATE EX REL. FRANCISCO REYES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)
KNOLL, J., recused.

2005-KH-0243       STATE EX REL. ANTHONY JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-KH-0244       STATE EX REL NICK LAWSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-KH-0246       STATE EX REL MICHAEL L. JUNIOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-0247       STATE EX REL. JESSIE TAYLOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-0248       STATE EX REL. BOOKER DIGGINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-0261       STATE EX REL DWAYNE BROWN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-0262       STATE EX REL LESLIE KYLE ADAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)

2005-KH-0263       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. QUINTON D. RICHARD (Parish of St. Landry)

2005-KH-0264       STATE EX REL GREGORY HIGGINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Morehouse)

2005-KH-0285       STATE EX REL RANDY SEARS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)
WEIMER, J., recused.

2005-KH-0287       STATE EX REL TALMADGE SEYMOUR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-0288       STATE EX REL. DALE WAYNE GREEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)

2005-KH-0330       STATE EX REL. RUSSELL PAYTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
WEIMER, J., recused.

2005-K -0930       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLTON T. PORTER (Parish of Orleans)

2005-K -0937       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TY DEON KEMP (Parish of Caddo)

2005-KP-0965       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WENDELL MCDONALD (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KP-0993       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JIMMY AUSTIN (Parish of St. Landry)

2005-KP-0994       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TRACEY MARQUEZ (Parish of Orleans)
JOHNSON, J., would grant.

2005-KP-1002       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DALTON BAILEY (Parish of Beauregard)

2005-KP-1005       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. THOMAS ROYAL (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2005-KO-1020       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOEL R. PEDELAHORE (Parish of St. Tammany)

2005-KP-1023       ASHRAF QUTOUM v. JIM ROGERS, WARDEN, C. PAUL PHELPS CORRECTIONAL CENTER (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-K -1028       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MAURIN TIMOTHY GUIDRY, JR. (Parish of Terrebonne)

2005-K -1029       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HEATHER LYNN ZERINGUE (Parish of Terrebonne)

2005-KH-1045       STATE EX REL JERROL LOUIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2005-KP-1061       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LANDON JOSEPH FONTENOT (Parish of Lafayette)

2005-K -1069       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL FASOLA (Parish of St. Charles)

2005-KP-1070       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DEWEY E. BROWN (Parish of Morehouse)

2005-K -1080       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. VERNON WILLIAMS (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-C -1180       THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, WILLIAM KIMBALL, H.M. KIMBALL, JR., AND ELIZABETH KIMBALL LEWIS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVES OF A CLASS OF THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED v. SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L.P., ET AL. C/W THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND XCL, LTD., ET AL., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVES OF A CLASS OF THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED v. WILTEL, INC., ET AL. (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)
KIMBALL, J., recused.
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.
KNOLL, J., would grant.

2005-C -1181       MOSSY MOTORS, INC. v. CAMERAS AMERICA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-C -1190       THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, WILLIAM KIMBALL, H.M. KIMBALL, JR., AND ELIZABETH KIMBALL LEWIS, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVES OF A CLASS OF THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED v. SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY, L.P., ET AL C/W THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND XCL, LTD., ET AL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS REPRESENTATIVES OF A CLASS OF THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED v. WILTEL, INC., ET AL (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)
KIMBALL, J., recused.
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.
KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.

2005-CC-1246       CITY OF BATON ROUGE v. JAMES LACKETT D/B/A HONEY FARMS FIREWOOD (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2005-CC-1250       RENA LESTER v. ELMWOOD PLANTATION APARTMENTS, TONTI PROPERTIES, AND CREEKWOOD PROPERTY CORPORATION, ET AL, DR. PIPE, INC. AND TRANSCONTINENTAL INS. CO. (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-C -1252       ROBERT WHITE, JR., ET AL. v. TRANSPORTATION INS., CO., ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)

2005-C -1255       ARTHUR SCHEXNAYDER, JR., ALICE LABAT, ESTATE OF THEODORE DREYFUS, INC. v. ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC., ENTERGY SERVICES, INC., ENTERGY TECHNOLOGY HOLDING COMPANY, AND ENTERGY TECHNOLOGY COMPANY (Parish of St. James)

2005-C -1260       ALBERT A. BECKER, HENRY A. BECKER, JR., KIM L. BECKER, AND DAWN M. BECKER, IN THEIR OWN RIGHT AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MOTHER, MARCIA BECKER COCHRAN, DECEASED v. SAROJ T. TAMPIRA, M.D., TAMPIRA, M.D., A PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CORPORATION, LOUISIANA MEDICAL MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., AND UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC. D/B/A CHALMETTE MEDICAL CENTERS, INC. (Parish of St. Bernard)

2005-C -1262       HELEN BARROW v. NORWEST MORTGAGE CORPORATION, NKA, WELLS FARGO HOME MORTGAGE, INC., AND MERVIN JEFFERSON AND LORINER G. RIDEAU AND CIVIL SHERIFF, PARISH OF ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)

2005-C -1270       JENNYE WRYNN BAKER VOYLES v. JAMES THOMAS VOYLES (Parish of Vernon)

2005-CC-1277       SHAWN PARKER, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS NATURAL TUTOR OF HIS MINOR SON, SHAWNDRE T. SELDERS v. WHITTEN FOUNDATION MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC. D/B/A/ THE PROMENADE AT SHERWOOD APARTMENTS, AND NORTH AMERICAN CAPACITY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. C/W LUTONYA SELDERS, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS TUTRIX FOR THE ESTATE OF HER MINOR CHILD, SHAWNDRE T. SELDERS v. WHITTEN FOUNDATION MANAGEMENT GROUP, INC. D/B/A/ THE PROMENADE AT SHERWOOD APARTMENTS, AND NORTH AMERICAN CAPACITY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2005-C -1286       DAVID B. KAUFMAN v. AUDUBON FORD/AUDUBON IMPORTS, INC. (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KK-1287       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MERLIN APPLETON (Parish of Livingston)

2005-C -1302       ALMA M. BURLE' v. THE AUDUBON COMMISSION, TOMMIE HALL, WASTE MANAGEMENT OF LOUISIANA, L.L.C., RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY AND XYZ INSUANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KK-1304       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDWARD WILLIAMS (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-C -1308       ARTIES L. MANNING, JR. AND QUAMYSHA TAYLOR MANNING, BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR DAUGHTER, ARTIESHA TAYLOR v. UNITED MEDICAL CORPORATION OF NEW ORLEANS, INDIVIDUALLY AND D/B/A UNITED MEDICAL CENTER, ET AL. C/W ARTIES L. MANNING, JR. AND QUAMYSHA TAYLOR, BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR DAUGHTER, ARTIESHA TAYLOR v. UNITED MEDICAL CORPORATION OF NEW ORLEANS, INDIVIDUALLY AND D/B/A UNITED MEDICAL CENTER, DAVID LEE GOLDEN, M.D., JAMES ENGLISH, KEVIN BARKMAN, JANINE S. DELEHUNT, DONALD R. DIZNEY AND ROMONA BAUDY (Parish of Orleans)

2005-C -1309       LOUISIANA ELECTORATE OF GAYS AND LESBIANS, INC., A LOUISIANA CORPORATION NOT FOR PROFIT; LAURENCE E. BEST, ESQUIRE; W. LLOYD BOWERS, ESQUIRE; JOHN D. RAWLS, ESQUIRE; KEVIN BESSE, R.N.; JEANNE M. LEBLANC, ACSW, BCSW; RHONDA LECO; JOHNNY L. BAXLEY; AND EDWARD PARTICK COSGRIFF v. THE HONORABLE PAUL D. CONNICK, JR., DISTRICT ATTORNEY FOR THE 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT IN AND FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON, NOT INDIVIDUALLY BUT RATHER IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-C -1310       CHRISTOPHER SIMS v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)

2005-C -1312       DAVID JOYNOR v. COUNTRY LIVING MOBILE HOMES, INC. (Parish of Rapides)

2005-C -1313       ARTIES L. MANNING, JR. AND QUAMYSHA TAYLOR MANNING, BOTH INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR DAUGHTER, ARTIESHA TAYLOR v. UNITED MEDICAL CORPORATION OF NEW ORLEANS, INDIVIDUALLY AND D/B/A UNITED MEDICAL CENTER, DAVID LEE GOLDEN, M.D., JAMES ENGLISH, KEVIN BARKMAN, JANINE S. DELEHUNT, DONALD R. DIZNEY AND ROMONA BAUDY (Parish of Orleans)

2005-C -1318       CHRISTOPHER SIMS v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)

2005-C -1319       CHAD L. MELANCON v. DR. AMITA ADHVARYU (Parish of Pointe Coupee)

2005-C -1320       ROSALIND FURLOW, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE ESTATE OF HAZEL WHITE, DECEASED v. WOODLAWN MANOR, INC. D/B/A THE OAKS (Parish of Ouachita)

2005-CC-1321       TRANSMONTAIGNE TERMINALING, INC. v. PYBURN AND ODOM, INC. AND EUSTIS ENGINEERING COMPANY, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.

2005-OC-1327       OFFSHORE TRANSPORT SERVICES, L.L.C. AND GALIANO TUGS, INC. v. C & G BOATS, INC. GARDLINE SURVEYS, INC. (Parish of Lafourche)

2005-C -1329       LARRY DAUGHERTY v. MAGNOLIA ESTATES OF VICKSBURG, INC., FLEETWOOD HOMES OF MISSISSIPPI, INC. AND BARRETT'S MOBILE HOME SERVICE (Parish of Jackson)

2005-C -1349       MR. AND MRS. EDWARD T. URSIN, ET AL v. THE NEW ORLEANS AVIATION BOARD, ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-CC-1359       INSURANCE UNDERWRITERS, LTD. v. AMERICAN BUILDING PRODUCTIONS, L.L.C., CNA INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-CC-1363       WILLIAM J. KLOPF AND ALESSANDRO PIERI v. FRANK A. OCCHIPINTI, JR. (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-CC-1378       LARRY AND VENESSA SANDERS, ET AL. v. ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.

2005-C -1379       JESSE SHIERS v. RICHLAND PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Parish of Richland)

2005-CC-1380       JAMES PICKERING v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)
VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.

2005-C -1387       MIGUEL VARGAS AND KIMBERLY VARGAS v. CONTINENTAL CUISINE, INC., D/B/A THE CORNER OYSTER BAR & GRILL (Parish of Orleans)

2005-C -1416       WILLIE WOMACK v. CANAL BARGE COMPANY, INC., FREEPORT-MCMORAN SULPHUR, L.L.C., EFG INSURANCE COMPANY AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)

2005-C -1513       LARRY HARLAUX, SR., ET AL. v. NEW HAMPSHIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Pointe Coupee)
KIMBALL, J., would grant.
VICTORY, J., would grant.
TRAYLOR, J., would grant.

2005-C -1865       KELLY COWAN BAKER v. BYRON JAY BAKER (Parish of Rapides)

2005-KH-2017       STATE EX REL JOHN F. WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-2065       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FLOYD WILSON, JR. (Parish of St. Mary)

2005-OK-2190       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TRON HUGHES (Parish of Orleans)
CALOGERO, C.J., also concurs. Decision of the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeal not yet final, therefore release at this point would be premature.

2005-C -2232       WALTER E. JAMES, ANTOINETTE HOPKINS, AUDREY RAYMOND AS TUTOR FOR HEIR MICHAEL A. JAMES AND THE ESTATE OF WALTER K. JAMES v. MAISON ORLEANS II, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KK-2234       STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NORRIS VESSELL (Parish of Orleans)

2005-C -2243       WALTER E. JAMES, ANTOINETTE HOPKINS, AUDREY RAYMOND AS TUTOR FOR HEIR MICHAEL A. JAMES AND THE ESTATE OF WALTER K. JAMES v. MAISON ORLEANS II, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)