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<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:justify;" width="90%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td valign="top" width="63%">FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE</td><td valign="top" width="37%"><div align="right">NEWS RELEASE #052</div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td valign="top">FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA</td><td valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table>&nbsp;<div style="text-align:justify;">On the&nbsp;28th day of July, 2000, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:&nbsp; WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:2000-CC- 2157 PATSY RAMBO &amp; SALVIN RAMBO v. WILLIS-KNIGHTON BOSSIER HEALTH CENTER, TRADENAME WILLIS KNIGHTEN MEDICAL CENTER (Parish of Bossier) VICTORY, J., not on panel. CALOGERO, C.J., concurs. LEMMON, J., concurs. The purpose of Rule 4-3 is to ensure timely filing of supervisory writs. In light of its purpose, Rule 4-3 should be interpreted under La. Code Civ. Proc. art. 5051 (procedural rules "are to be construed liberally, and with due regard for the fact that rules of procedure implement the substantive law and are not an end in themselves") to permit the filing of an application for writs directly in the Court of Appeal within thirty days of the date of the ruling at issue. Unless the thirty-day limitation interferes with the trial date or other orderly proceeding or unless the party desires a return date beyond the thirty-day limitation, the party need not obtain a return date, which involves an expenditure of lawyer and judge time and client funds.&nbsp; WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:2000-K - 1748 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH C. WOODFORK (Parish of Orleans) VICTORY, J., not on panel.&nbsp;On the&nbsp;1st day of August, 2000, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:&nbsp; APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION.2000-CC-2319 CLAUDE TROSCLAIR, JR. v. ACANDS, INC.(Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT:2000-KH- 2033 STATE EX REL ALLEN ANDERSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans) CALOGERO, C.J., not on panel.&nbsp; STAY DENIED; WRIT DENIED:2000-CJ- 2275 VICTORIA FRANCIS v. WENDELL IRVIN (Parish of Jefferson) JOHNSON, J., not on panel. KNOLL, J., would grant stay and writ and order a paternity testing.2000-CC- 2303 CLAUDE TROSCLAIR AND NARDELLE TROSCLAIR v. ACANDS, INC. ET AL. (Parish of Orleans) MARCUS, J., not on panel. VICTORY, J., concurs and would allow the relator to raise the issue on appeal in the event of an adverse ruling.&nbsp;On the&nbsp;4th day of August, 2000, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:&nbsp; APPLICATION DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION:2000-OC-2139 VIRGINIA GAIL EDWARDS, ET AL v. EDWARD M. DAUGHERTY, JR. ET AL ( Parish of Calcasieu)&nbsp; WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:2000-CC- 2329 VERA M. RAINEY v. ENTERGY GULF STATES, INC. AND MIKE CASE (Parish of Iberville) KIMBALL, J., not on panel. LEMMON, J., concurs.&nbsp;On the&nbsp;7 th day of August, 2000, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:&nbsp; ALL PROCEEDINGS STAYED:2000-CC-2350 MARY MABILE, ET AL v. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS OF SWIFTSHIPS, INC. (Parish of St. Martin)&nbsp;On the&nbsp;10th day of August, 2000, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:&nbsp; WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:2000-CC- 2181 MAUREEN MORRIS v. TERRENCE MORRIS (Parish of St. Tammany) MARCUS, J., not on panel. LEMMON, J., would grant the writ. JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ. KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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