FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE

NEWS RELEASE # 030

FROM: CLERK OF THE SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA


On the 30th day of May, 2006, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:

STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:

2006-CC-1258 GEORGE JOSEPH ACKEL, JR. v. DARLENE PARENT ACKEL (Parish of Jefferson)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.
KIMBALL, J., would grant.
VICTORY, J., would grant.
KNOLL, J., concurs in the denial as relator has an adequate remedy on appeal.


On the 31st day of May, 2006, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:

WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:

2005-CC-2473 BRONEL HEBERT v. QUINTEN ADCOCK, ET AL. (Parish of Iberia)

2006-CC-1105 IN RE: CATHERINE MAYEAUX (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2006-KK-1220 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TOMMY CARMACK, LAQUINTON TERRELL PARKER AND CHRISTOPHER DEANGELO GRANVILLE (Parish of Bossier)


On the 2nd day of June, 2006, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:

WRIT APPLICATIONS GRANTED:

2006-C -0394 JEFFREY S. LEVINE, M.D. v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE C/W FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE v. JEFFREY S. LEVINE (Parish of Jefferson)

2006-C -0439 JEFFREY S. LEVINE, M.D. v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE AND OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of Jefferson)

WRIT APPLICATIONS GRANTED WITH ORDER:

2006-KH-0013 STATE EX REL. EUGENE DORSEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2006-C -0302 BLAINE STROTHER, ET AL. v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY, ET AL.(Parish of Allen)
See Per Curiam.

2006-KD-0540 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN M. CONNOLLY, III (Parish of St. Mary)
See Per Curiam.

2006-CC-1023 JENNIFER DEVALL COPELAND v. ALVIN C. COPELAND (Parish of St. Tammany)
See Per Curiam.

TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT:

2006-KH-1095 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RAYMOND M. FRAZIER (Parish of Orleans)

2006-KH-1144 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RONALD M. ANDERSON (Parish of Orleans)

REINSTATEMENT GRANTED:

2006-OB-0892 IN RE: GORDON L. HACKMAN
See Per Curiam.

SUSPENSION(S) ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:

2005-B -1737 IN RE: SAMUEL M. YONTER
JOHNSON, J., recused.

2005-B -2561 IN RE: VINCENT P. BLANSON

APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:

2005-KH-0687 STATE EX REL. MARSHALL WHITLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

MOTION TO ENFORCE DENIED:

2003-KH-3402 STATE EX REL. NAQUEL RUFFIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

WRIT APPLICATIONS NOT CONSIDERED:

2006-C -0797 PAT DOLAND D/B/A PAT'S OF CAMERON v. AMC GAMING COMPANY (Parish of Cameron)

2006-C -0839 MARY FONSECA v. PELICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)

2006-C -0840 VIEUX BIJOU, INC. v. PATRICK M. MCCARTHY (Parish of Orleans)

2006-C -0841 SHELBY SMITH v. MORRIS & DICKSON (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 2)

2006-C -0869 DAVIS CROCKETT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY, ANGOLA) (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2006-C -0879 GULF NATIONAL, L.L.C. v. ALFORTISH INCORPORATED D/B/A ALFORTISH, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)

2006-C -0900 MARY FONSECA v. PELICAN PUBLISHING COMPANY, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)

WRIT APPLICATIONS DISMISSED AT RELATORS’ REQUEST:

2006-KH-0099 STATE EX REL. OTIS MCKINLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2006-KH-0578 STATE EX REL. OTIS R. MCKINLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

DISCIPLINE IMPOSED; SEE PER CURIAM:

2006-B -0576 IN RE: EDWARD EUGENE SUMPTER

WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:

2004-KP-1553 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JUAN A. SMITH (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-2404 STATE EX REL. ROY MONTGOMERY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-C -2434 NANCY JANE JOHNSTON v. MARK ALLEN HIGDON (Parish of Union)

2005-CC-2490 JENNIFER MARS, ET AL. v. WESTSIDE PEDIATRIC CLINIC, ET AL.(Parish of Jefferson)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.
JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ application. The expert witness is qualified to testify under La. Code Evid. art. 702.

2005-C -2493 JOHN ANDERSON, ET AL. v. THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, KATHLEEN BLANCO AS GOVERNOR, AND THE LOUISIANA STATE LEGISLATURE (Parish of Calcasieu)

2005-KH-2546 STATE EX REL. MELVIN L. PHILLIPS, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2005-KH-2547 STATE EX REL. BERNARD DENT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)

2005-C -2554 MELVIN WHITE, GARY RODNEY, LEVAR GREEN AND JOSEPH LANDRY v. SHAW CONSTRUCTORS, INC. AND SHELL CHEMICAL COMPANY (Parish of Ascension)

2005-CC-2565 VAN BURGESS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HIS MINOR CHILDREN, PATRICK AND LAUREN BURGESS v. ST. PAUL FIRE & MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY, JAMES D. MCCALOP, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HIS MINOR CHILD, TIFFANY A. MCCALOP, AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Tammany)
VICTORY, J., would grant.
WEIMER, J., would grant.

2005-KH-2571 STATE EX REL. GEORGE B. NELSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-2572 STATE EX REL. TROY B. RHODIES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-2573 STATE EX REL. REGINALD BRUMFIELD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)

2005-KH-2580 STATE EX REL. JERRY MCLEMORE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Claiborne)
VICTORY, J., recused.

2005-KH-2581 STATE EX REL. BLAINE DELAUNE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-KH-2582 STATE EX REL. JAMES MCCLURE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)

2005-KH-2585 STATE EX REL. JULES LOSTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)

2005-KH-2586 STATE EX REL. KENNETH RATCLIFF v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KH-2587 STATE EX REL. DONALD DEGRUY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2005-KO-2592 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BOBBIE J. STEVENSON (Parish of Jefferson)

2005-KH-2594 STATE EX REL. ANTHONY JEROD GUILLORY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Allen)

2006-KH-0001 STATE EX REL. COREY PICOU v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)

2006-KH-0002 STATE EX REL. MILTON WELLS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2006-KH-0003 STATE EX REL. GREGORY SLANG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2006-KH-0007 STATE EX REL. CHRIS HINTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Winn)

2006-CI-0008 CHARLES A. TREECE v. TERRY TERRELL, WARDEN, ALLEN CORRECTIONAL CENTER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2006-CI-0009 ALVIN HARVEY v. RICHARD STALDER, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS, A. HUFF, ASSISTANT WARDEN,DAVID WADE CORRECTIONAL CENTER AND M. DAUZAT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2006-KH-0011 STATE EX REL. JAMES ORMOND v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)

2006-KH-0014 STATE EX REL. KENNETH E. AINSWORTH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vernon)

2006-KH-0015 STATE EX REL. FORACE D. GRAVES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)
WEIMER, J., recused.

2006-CC-0020 LENORIA AMBROSE, ET AL. v. CONOCO PHILLIPS COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)

2006-KO-0027 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PHILLIP M. WILLIE, SR. (Parish of St. Tammany)

2006-KO-0029 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENDALL J. STEWART AND EMANUEL VEAL (Parish of Orleans)

2006-K -0044 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARK ANTHONY GRASSO (Parish of St. Tammany)

2006-C -0063 NANCY JANE JOHNSTON v. MARK ALLEN HIGDON (Parish of Union)

2006-KO-0109 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FREDDIE WADE (Parish of Caddo)

2006-K -0148 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FREDDIE WADE (Parish of Caddo)

2006-CC-0185 ARTHUR A. CLARK v. CLAYTON M. WILCOX, SUPERINTENDENT, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AND EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2006-KH-0263 STATE EX REL. TRAVIS RICHARDSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2006-C -0504 SUCCESSION OF SAMUEL MCKAY, JR. (Parish of Rapides)
JOHNSON, J., would grant.

2006-C -0588 LLOYD ROBINSON v. ENTERPRISE RENTAL CAR COMPANY, STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY, AND NORMAN DAILY (Parish of Lafourche)
WEIMER, J., recused.

2006-C -0631 SUCCESSION OF SAMUEL MCKAY, JR. (Parish of Rapides)
JOHNSON, J., would grant.

2006-C -0673 NETTIE M. WENSLOW, ET AL. v. HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)
VICTORY, J., would grant.
TRAYLOR, J., would grant.

2006-C -0674 NETTIE WENSLOW, ET AL. v. HARTFORD CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)

2006-C -0675 CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS v. ANTHONY DOUGLAS AND THE PERSONNEL BOARD OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.
JOHNSON, J., would grant.

2006-C -0680 TINA MARIE HILL v. OFFICE DEPOT, INC. (OF DELAWARE) (Office of Workers' Compensation District 7)
JOHNSON, J., would grant.

2006-C -0684 PAUL E. MORRIS v. VIOLET LAAKSO MORRIS (Parish of Lafourche)
VICTORY, J., would grant.
KNOLL, J., would grant.

2006-C -0685 BRENDA BENNETT v. RAPIDES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Office of Workers' Compensation District 2)

2006-C -0692 JAMES G. FORTIER v. PARISH OF ST. TAMMANY (Parish of St. Tammany)

2006-C -0720 ANNETTE R. NESBITT v. B. WOODROW NESBITT, JR. (Parish of Caddo)

2006-C -0721 RALPH EDWARD FRANKS, ET AL. v. TEACHERS INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL.
VICTORY, J., would grant.

2006-CC-0724 KENNETH QUICK, DPM, APMC D/B/A NORTHLAKE FOOT AND ANKLE v. DR. MICHAEL R. KAYE AND MICHAEL KAYE, L.L.C. (Parish of St. Tammany)

2006-KK-0725 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SAMUEL PIERSON (Parish of Livingston)

2006-CC-0730 MICHAEL J. MARCHAND AND LIZANNE MARCHAND, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTORS OF THE MINOR, GABRIEL J. MARCHAND v. AMSOUTH BANK, LLOYD COCKERHAM AND BILL MYHAND (Parish of Ascension)

2006-C -0732 LYNZIE M. BOUDREAUX v. HARVEY D. LASAGE ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson Davis)

2006-C -0733 FREDDIE MAE YOUNG, ET AL. v. HARRY J. MOBLEY, M.D., ET AL. (Parish of Natchitoches)

2006-CC-0761 ANTHONY CROOKS v. LCS CORRECTIONS SERVICES, INC., ET AL. C/W JOHN SPELLMAN, ET AL. v. LCS CORRECTIONS SERVICES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)

2006-C -0769 JAMES G. FORTIER v. PARISH OF ST. TAMMANY (Parish of St. Tammany)
KNOLL, J., would grant.

2006-CC-0789 LORETTA LIBERTO AND CHARLES LIBERTO, JR. v. HEALTHSOUTH CORPORATION D/B/A HEALTHSOUTH REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF ALEXANDRIA (Parish of Rapides)
VICTORY, J., would grant.

2006-C -0790 DEBRA T. CAMINITA AND JOHN ANTHONY CAMINITA v. DR. RAND M. VOORHIES, M.D. AND OCHSNER FOUNDATION HOSPITAL (Parish of Orleans)

2006-C -0792 HORSESHOE ENTERTAINMENT D/B/A HORSESHOE CASINO AND HARRAH'S ENTERTAINMENT, INC. v. LARRY LEPINSKI (Parish of Bossier)

2006-C -0793 ROBERT E. RIDDLE, ET AL. v. GAYLON D. SIMMONS AND LOUISIANA STATE GAS CORPORATION (Parish of Jackson)
KNOLL, J., would grant.

2006-CC-0794 KENDERICK JACKSON AND MELVIN WHITE v. AUTO MAX OF ALEXANDRIA, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)
VICTORY, J., would grant.
TRAYLOR, J., would grant.

2006-CC-0798 DAVID PAULK, ET UX v. BUNGE CORPORATION (Parish of Catahoula)

2006-OC-0835 JEANETTE PALMER, ET AL. v. BROWNING FERRIS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of St. Bernard)

2006-C -0836 GLYNDA PRESTRIDGE AND VERA PRESTRIDGE v. BANK OF JENA (Parish of Rapides)

2006-C -0837 SHELVA GOLDEN v. PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND OVERSIGHT BOARD (Parish of Webster)
VICTORY, J., would grant.

2006-CC-0838 LLOYD CLARK, ET AL. v. TOURO INFIRMARY, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)

2006-C -0847 EUGENE JAMES, INDIVIDUALLY AND D/B/A E. J. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY AND DOROTHY JAMES v. S. JUDD TOOKE (Parish of Caddo)

2006-C -0848 ROLAND AND LINDA WHITE v. ROBINSON LUMBER COMPANY (Office of Workers' Compensation District 8)

2006-C -0864 LLOYD ROBINSON v. ENTERPRISE RENTAL CAR COMPANY, STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY, AND NORMAN DAILY (Parish of Lafourche)
WEIMER, J., recused.

2006-CC-0865 GEORGE T. PICKETT, ET AL. v. INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Morehouse)

2006-C -0876 DORIS JONES v. RONALD BRISCOE, SUSAN BRISCOE, CHRIS ANGELETTE, CAROLYN ANGELETTE AND SCOTTSDALE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)
TRAYLOR, J., recused.
CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.

2006-C -0880 BRENDA LEE, NETTIE KIRKLIN, OLGA LEBLANC, DARNELL JACKSON, LUCILLE BAKER, MOLLY LEWIS, BEATRICE BRACKENS, BETTY TAYLOR, JACKIE MATTHEWS, AND MAXINE ROBINSON v. CONSTAR, INC., ART SETTY AND DENNIS CHARBONNAY (Parish of St. John)

2006-CC-0881 TONTI REALTY CORPORATION v. THE TRUITT LAW FIRM, L. L. C., JACK E. TRUITT, AND CNA INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Tammany)

2006-C -0884 IN RE: MEDICAL REVIEW PANEL FOR THE CLAIM OF TANYA ANN WALKER C/W TANYA ANN WALKER v. GIGI HAFIZI, M.D. (Parish of Orleans)

2006-OC-0886 HELEN BARRIOS CALLENDER v. JOSEPH I. CALLENDER (Parish of Jefferson)

2006-KK-0891 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES PAUL, EUGENE WOODALL, ABDOUL R. HADAD, BETSY SUNSERI (Parish of Orleans)

2006-C -0896 IN THE MATTER OF THE SUCCESSION OF WILLIE RICHARDSON (Parish of Iberville)

2006-KH-0914 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TROY WILKERSON (Parish of Orleans)

2006-KH-0987 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES MCKINNEY (Parish of Orleans)

2006-KH-1046 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PHILLIP WATTS (Parish of St. Tammany)

2006-KH-1145 STATE EX REL. DONNELL GRAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)