<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" 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 #019</div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td valign="top">FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA</td><td valign="top"> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><div style="text-align:justify;"><p>On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>7th day of March, 2001</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below: </p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2001-CK- 0392 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF D.I. </p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED WITH ORDER; STAY RECALLED; SEE PER CURIAM</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p><a href="/opinions/2001/01kk0579.pc.pdf">2001-KK- 0579 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DEDRICK GRIFFIN</a> (Parish of Orleans)<br />See Per Curiam.<br />JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ. </p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2001-CC- 0428 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL LUE BATES v. CLARENCE FONTENOT, JR. (Parish of St. Landry)</p><p>2001-CJ- 0468 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF J.F., D.F. AND R.F. (Parish of Jefferson)<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2001-OC- 0576 IN RE: LINDA J. REEVES (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2001-OC- 0577 ORLEANS PARISH JUVENILE COURT IN THE INTEREST OF C.H. AND T.S. ( Parish of Orleans)</p><p> </p><p>On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>8th day of March, 2001</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below: </p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2001-C - 0048 JO ANN DOXEY v. DOMINIC J. MILLER, JR., ET AL. (Parish of Cameron)</p><p> </p><p>On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>9th day of March, 2001</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below: </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED</span>:</strong></p><p>2000-K - 1258 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EARNEST L. MURRAY (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p>2000-C - 3518 ELEVATING BOATS, INC. v. PARISH OF ST. BERNARD, ET AL. (Parish of St. Bernard)</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2000-CC- 1022 ESTATE OF OSBA BOOKER, GENEVIE BOOKER, AND ANITA BOOKER COOPER v. COLUMBIA MEDICAL CENTER, CLYDE REDMOND, M.D., AND W. LEE BRUNER, M.D. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2000-KH- 1518 STATE EX REL JOHN DAVIS COLQUITT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Claiborne)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2001/00kp1787.pc.pdf">2000-KP- 1787 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STEVE MICHAEL BARR</a> (Parish of Rapides)<br />See Per Curiam.<br />LEMMON, J., concurs, but would not base the decision, even in part, on <span style="text-decoration:underline;">State v. Hornung </span>, 620 So.2d 816 (La 1993), in which I dissented.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2001/00cc3419.pc.pdf">2000-CC- 3419 MRS. SIMMIE P. BELONGA, WIFE OF/AND ISSAC J. BELONGA v. CRESCENT CITY DODGE, L.L.C., CRESCENT CITY MAZDA, L.L.C., WALTER E. BLESSEY, JR., BLESSEY ENTERPRISES, INC, AND WILLIE SAVAGE</a> (Parish of Orleans)<br />See Per Curiam. </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT</span>:</strong></p><p>2001-KH- 0253 STATE EX REL RANDY LAVERGNE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) </p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER; OTHERWISE DENIED</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2000-KH- 1663 STATE EX REL RODNEY TAYLOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson) </p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>RECONSIDERATION(S) GRANTED; DOCKETED FOR ORAL ARGUMENT; SEE ORDER</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p><a href="/opinions/2001/00b3106.pc.pdf">2000-B - 3106 IN RE: RONALD G. HAND<br /></a>TRAYLOR, J., dissents. </p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>RECONSIDERATION GRANTED ON COURT'S OWN MOTION; LEAVE TO APPEAL DENIED</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p><a href="/opinions/2001/00ob3380.pc.pdf">2000-OB- 3380 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 00-PDB-196 </a> </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">LEAVE(S)TO APPEAL DENIED</span>:</strong></p><p>2001-OB- 0242 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD, NO. 00-PDB-195<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p>2001-OB- 0243 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD, NO. 00-PDB-188 </p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2001-CC- 0003 LENA P. TATE PEVEY, ET AL v. LALLIE KEMP REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p>2001-C - 0067 MARY FONTENOT v. SHANE FONTENOT (Parish of Evangeline)</p><p>2001-CC- 0345 Y.F.B. v. R.D.R. (Parish of Calcasieu) </p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED</span>:</strong></p><p>2000-KH- 0557 STATE EX REL ROBERT THOMASSIE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2000-CC- 0846 ANNE AND RICHARD BANKSTON v. DR. MASSETT, DR. SHOPPER, DR. CLARK, AND ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2000-CC- 0869 ANN AND RICHARD BANKSTON v. DR. MASSETT, DR. SHOPPER, DR. CLARK, AND ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2000-KO- 0872 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HENRY L. JAMES, JR. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2000-KO- 0956 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MELVIN CORNELIUS JAMES (Parish of Lincoln)</p><p>2000-KO- 0957 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CECIL E. WILKINSON (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p>2000-KO- 0958 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JANIE HILTON (Parish of Washington)</p><p>2000-KO- 0959 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH KNIGHT (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2000-KH- 1055 STATE EX REL NORRIS NASH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)</p><p>2000-KH- 1149 STATE EX REL DOUGLAS A. DILOSA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2000-K - 1152 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RAYMOND L. HARRIS, JR. (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p>2000-K - 1261 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DAMOND LOCKETT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />TRAYLOR, J., recused.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2000-K - 1366 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JEROME M. EDGERSON (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., dissents from denial, would grant and assigns reasons.</p><p>2000-KP- 1421 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALFRED DYSON (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p>2000-K - 1451 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEWAN LAFLEUR (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p>2000-K - 1454 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PAUL ISENOGLE (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2000-KH- 1466 STATE EX REL YUL SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2000-K - 1470 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GEORGE GUTTER (Parish of Orleans)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2000-K - 1487 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTONIO H. COLLOR (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2000-K - 1510 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ERIC FLAGG (SENTENCED AS "ERIC L. FLAGG") (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2000-KH- 1522 STATE EX REL JOHN POULLARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p>2000-KH- 1569 STATE EX REL ANGELO MCCLENIC v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p>2000-KH- 1576 STATE EX REL WALTER JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Evangeline)</p><p>2000-KH- 1588 STATE EX REL AUBREY HUMPHREY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p>2000-KH- 1612 STATE EX REL ERNEST W. BUSBY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vernon)</p><p>2000-KH- 1614 STATE EX REL PETER WRIGHT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Avoyelles)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p>2000-KH- 1627 STATE EX REL MARY BELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)</p><p>2000-KH- 1628 STATE EX REL KENNETH H. RUSSELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Webster)</p><p>2000-KH- 1635 STATE EX REL JOHN HIGGINBOTHAM v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2000-KH- 1639 STATE EX REL TOBY JAMES PARFAIT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p>2000-KH- 1647 STATE EX REL KELVIN CORNELIUS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2000-KH- 1653 STATE EX REL GLORIA GATES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)</p><p>2000-KH- 1656 STATE EX REL KENNETH LANE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2000-KH- 1664 STATE EX REL JAMES L. HOLMES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Franklin)</p><p>2000-KH- 1667 STATE EX REL TALMADGE SEYMOUR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2000-KH- 1670 STATE EX REL HUGO COX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2000-KH- 1685 STATE EX REL GARLAND GUIDROZ v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2000-KH- 1689 STATE EX REL GEORGE MICK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p>2000-KH- 1691 STATE EX REL ERIC ISAAC v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2000-KH- 1713 STATE EX REL BOBBY R. SNEED v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)</p><p>2000-KH- 1720 STATE EX REL MICHAEL LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p>2000-KH- 1740 STATE EX REL JAMES T. WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Livingston)</p><p>2000-KH- 1746 STATE EX REL RONNIE DAVIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2000-KH- 1756 STATE EX REL MARVIN WILTON JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p>2000-KH- 1796 STATE EX REL SCOTT ALLEN THORNE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p>2000-KP- 1933 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PHILLIP S. ROBERTS (Parish of Franklin)<br />TRAYLOR, J., recused.</p><p>2000-C - 3321 SUCCESSION OF LOIS MAE STEVENS DAVIS (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p>2000-CC- 3378 IAN CHARMAN v. DR. CHARLES W. BOUSTANY, JR., ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.<br />LEMMON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2000-C - 3529 RICK P. ROME v. AUDIOPHONE HEARING INSTRUMENTS & LWCC (Office Of Workers' Comp. Dist. 7)</p><p>2000-C - 3531 EUGENE JOHN PUIG, JR. v. GREATER NEW ORLEANS EXPRESSWAY COMMISSION (Parish of Jefferson)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2000-C - 3553 JILL SULLIVAN SHAW v. CURTIS H. EVERETT, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2000-C - 3554 BRENDA SAVITTIERE AND BEN SAVITTIERE v. RIVER OAKS, INC. D/B/A RIVER OAKS PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL, GEORGE A. BOKELBERG, AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2000-C - 3560 JEFFREY W. HARVEY v. BE&K CONSTRUCTION CO.(Office of Workers' Compensation Dist. No. 01E)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2000-CC- 3561 STEPHEN L. MORGAN v. ENTERGY CORPORATION, ENTERGY GULF STATES, INC. AND EDWIN LUPBERGER (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2000-C - 3563 KENNETH A. MCASHAN v. JACK'S PEST CONTROL AND JACK D. ISENBERG (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2000-C - 3564 SANDIE EVANS v. LOUIS PHILLIP NOGUES, III, D.D.S. AND MEDICAL PROTECTIVE COMPANY (Parish of St. Bernard)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2001-CC- 0002 THELMA MCDANIEL, ET AL. v. DR. CHARLES E. REED, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />TRAYLOR, J., recused.</p><p>2001-C - 0010 ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION v. QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES, INC., MICHAEL X. ST. MARTIN, AND VIRGINIA RAYNE ST. MARTIN (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2001-CC- 0011 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. $10,000 U.S. CURRENCY (MARVIN ROBERTSON) (Parish of Jefferson Davis)</p><p>2001-CC- 0012 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. $20,000 U. S. CURRENCY (HAROLD HENRY) (Parish of Jefferson Davis)</p><p>2001-C - 0019 MARY BERRY v. WILLIE L. MYLES, ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p>2001-KK- 0022 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. COREY OLIPHANT (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p>2001-OC- 0025 THEODORE W. LANGE v. ORLEANS LEVEE DISTRICT (Civil Service Commission)</p><p>2001-C - 0026 BEATRICE QUINN v. WAL-MART STORES, INC. (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p>2001-CC- 0034 ARTHUR SWANSON, ET AL v. RHEEM MANUFACTURING COMPANY, INC., ET AL (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2001-CC- 0036 JIMMY LEWIS v. ODECO, INC., MURPHY EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION COMPANY AND DIAMOND OFFSHORE DRILLING COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2001-C - 0038 JACKIE W. BUXTON v. H & H TIMBER COMPANY, ET AL. (Office Of Worker'S Compensation District 2)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2001-CC- 0041 KENNETH JACKSON, ET AL v. BASF CORPORATION, ET AL (Parish of Ascension)</p><p>2001-C - 0046 SHELLY GUILLIAMS v. SUCCESSION OF THOMAS H. HARREL III, ET AL. (Parish of Natchitoches)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2001-C - 0049 JACKIE N. MCELWEE v. CITY OF BOSSIER CITY, ET AL (Office Of Worker'S Compensation District 1W)</p><p>2001-C - 0055 GARNER AUTOMOTIVE ELECTRICAL, INC., ET AL. v. SCOGIN AUTO SERVICE, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Vernon)</p><p>2001-CC- 0058 GULF STATES LAND AND DEVELOPMENT, INC., ET AL. v. HARRY JOSEPH PHILIPS, JR., ET AL C/W GULF STATES LAND AND DEVELOPMENT, INC., ET AL. v. JOHN BLACKMAN, ET AL. (Parish of Ouachita)<br />VICTORY, J., recused.</p><p>2001-C - 0072 TOYIA ALEXANDER VERHALEN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTRIX OF HER MINOR CHILDREN v. FORUM HEALTH MANAGEMENT, OF GEORGIA, INC., D/B/A RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL (Parish of Bossier)</p><p>2001-CC- 0076 GLORIA B. WHITMORE AND MICHAEL WHITMORE v. VAN METER & ASSOCIATES, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2001-CC- 0186 KENNETH JACKSON, ET AL. v. BASF CORPORATION (Parish of Ascension)</p><p>2001-C - 0307 SUCCESSION OF LOIS MAE STEVENS DAVIS (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p>2001-CC- 0344 LESLIE SUMMERLIN v. BRIAN HARRIS CHEVROLET (Office of Workers' Compensation District No. 5)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2001-KH- 0353 STATE EX REL CHARLES E. PITTS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2001-KH- 0367 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ADOLPH BENNETT (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2001-KH- 0400 STATE EX REL JAMES W. ARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2001-KH- 0417 STATE EX REL ALBERT LEON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p> </p><p> </p></div>