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<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 #037</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;3rd day of May, 2002, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of&nbsp; Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:&nbsp; WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:2002-KK- 1182 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARK JONES AND ZELPHIA LEWIS (Parish of Orleans) CALOGERO, C.J., denies on the showing made, but notes that relator may raise his complaint anew in the event of conviction. JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ application. WEIMER, J., would grant the writ application.&nbsp; &nbsp;On the&nbsp;6th day of May, 2002, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:&nbsp; APPLICATION DISMISSED ON JOINT MOTION:2002-CC- 0245 IN RE: CHIPPEWA STREET SPILL (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)&nbsp; WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED IN PART; DENIED IN PART; SEE ORDER:<a href="/opinions/2002/02kk1241.pc.pdf">2002-KK- 1241 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SHAWN HIGGINS&nbsp;</a>(Parish of Jefferson) TRAYLOR, J., would deny the writ application.&nbsp; &nbsp;On the&nbsp;8th day of May, 2002, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:&nbsp; WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:2002-KK- 1276 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT E. TAYLOR (Parish of Jefferson)&nbsp; APPLICATION(S) FOR PERMISSION TO TAKE THE BAR EXAM GRANTED:<a href="/opinions/2002/02ob1084.pc.pdf">2002-OB- 1084 IN RE: ANDREW L. HARRIS</a>&nbsp;(See Order ) TRAYLOR, J., would deny the application.&nbsp; <a href="/opinions/2002/02ob1108.pc.pdf">2002-OB- 1108 IN RE: ANTHONY B. INZINA</a> (See Order) TRAYLOR, J., would deny the application. VICTORY, J., would deny the application. JOHNSON, J., would deny the application.&nbsp; APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO TAKE THE BAR EXAM DENIED:&nbsp; 2002-OB- 1056 IN RE: SABRINA DENNIS CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ. KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.&nbsp; INTERIM SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE ORDER:&nbsp; <a href="/opinions/2002/02b1131.pc.pdf">2002-B - 1131 IN RE: FRITZ M. STOLLER&nbsp;</a> COMMISSIONER APPOINTED:&nbsp; <a href="/opinions/2002/02ob1042.pc.pdf">2002-OB- 1042 IN RE: TONY T. LE&nbsp;</a> STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:&nbsp; 2002-KK- 1023 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEVIN CROWLEY (Parish of Orleans) VICTORY, J., would grant the writ. TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ. KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.&nbsp; APPLICATION DISMISSED ON JOINT MOTION:2002-CC- 0748 PATRICK FREEMAN v. PITTSBURGH-CORNING CORP., ET AL (Parish of St. Mary)&nbsp; WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:2001-K - 1280 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SEAN I. MONROE (Parish of Jefferson) CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ. KIMBALL, J., would grant the writ. JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.&nbsp; 2002-CC- 1238 TOTAL BENEFIT SERVICES, INC. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2002-KD- 1267 STATE EX REL LESLIE DALE MARTIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu) JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.&nbsp; 2002-CC- 1283 LASHANTA TAYLOR v. MUTUAL SERVICE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Rapides) TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ. KNOLL, J., to grant believing Mutual Service Casualty Insurance Group is entitled to judgment as a matter of law.&nbsp; &nbsp;On the&nbsp;9th day of May, 2002,&nbsp;the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:&nbsp; WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:2002-KD- 1296 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LESLIE DALE MARTIN (Parish of Calcasieu)&nbsp; &nbsp;On the&nbsp;10th day of May, 2002, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:&nbsp; WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED:&nbsp; 2002-C - 0556 BOBBIE M. ROLLINS, ET AL v. JOHNNY M. RICHARDSON, JR. ET AL (Parish of Caddo)&nbsp; 2002-C - 0324 BARNEY BURKS v. CAMBECK &amp; PARTNERS (Office of Workers' Compensation District No. 7)&nbsp; WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:2002-CC- 0620 HOWARD BENN v. HILTON HOTEL, INC., ET AL (Parish of Orleans) KIMBALL, J., would deny the writ. JOHNSON, J., would deny the writ. KNOLL, J., would deny the writ.&nbsp; <a href="/opinions/2002/02cd1017.pc.pdf">2002-CD- 1017 CITGO PETROLEUM CORP. AND CONOCO INC. v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION</a> (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) See Per Curiam.&nbsp; <a href="/opinions/2002/02cd1017.pc.pdf">2002-CD- 1044 CITGO PETROLEUM CORP. AND CONOCO INC. v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION</a> (Parish of E. Baton Rouge) See Per Curiam.&nbsp; APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED:&nbsp; 2002-CC- 1006 MARGARET PETERS v. JOHN ALVIN PETERS, SR. (Parish of Calcasieu)&nbsp; WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:&nbsp; 2001-K - 1679 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RODNEY GRADNEY, JR. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)&nbsp; 2001-KP- 1773 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD R. WILLIAMS (Parish of St. Charles)&nbsp; 2001-KO- 1781 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HAROLD JOE BLACK (Parish of Caddo)&nbsp; 2001-KO- 1806 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BOBBY RAY JAGERS (Parish of Bossier)&nbsp; 2001-KO- 1813 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TYRONE WILLIAMS (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2001-KO- 1815 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENNY WILSON (Parish of St. Tammany) WEIMER, J., recused.&nbsp; 2001-KO- 1816 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DEPTON JONES (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)&nbsp; 2001-K - 1828 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROY A. GUSTAVIS (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2001-KO- 1836 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL LOVICK (Parish of Jefferson)&nbsp; 2001-K - 1906 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LAWRENCE RAINES (Parish of Jefferson)&nbsp; 2001-K - 1910 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRIAN BAUDIER (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2001-K - 1914 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KIM GARRISON (Parish of Jefferson)&nbsp; 2001-K - 1922 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEYON WALKER (Parish of Jefferson)&nbsp; 2001-K - 1944 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PATRICK R. CHERON (Parish of Jefferson)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2273 STATE EX REL NATHAN WEBSTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2275 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2276 STATE EX REL MERALD SAMPSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2277 STATE EX REL MARVIN WILEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2279 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL DEWING HICKERSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2280 STATE EX REL THOMAS PAUL MCGEE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Union)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2318 STATE EX REL. JACQUELINE BLOODWORTH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2319 STATE EX REL JOHN E SPELLMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Bernard)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2321 STATE EX REL. ALFORD HUNTSMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2359 STATE EX REL EDWARD JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2360 STATE EX REL LESTER JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2361 STATE EX REL. ELIJAH WINZY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2362 STATE EX REL JEROME POWELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2363 STATE EX REL. ROBERT E. STRINGFELLOW v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Union)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2380 STATE EX REL. EDWIN MAYO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2381 STATE EX REL. FREDERICK MORRIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2383 STATE EX REL LEONARD GRAVES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2384 STATE EX REL NAPOLEON DAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2387 STATE EX REL JUSTINO ZABALETA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu) KNOLL, J., recused.&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2392 STATE EX REL TELLY GUILLORY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Evangeline)&nbsp; 2001-KH- 2404 STATE EX REL ROY HAMILTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)&nbsp; 2002-C - 0500 SUSAN E. GOLDBACH, WIFE OF RONALD ATCHLEY v. J. RONALD ATCHLEY (Parish of Jefferson) CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.&nbsp; 2002-CC- 0584 TANYA HANKS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILD, NICHOLAS HANKS v. COLUMBIA WOMEN &amp; CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette) KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.&nbsp; 2002-CC- 0594 KATHERINE PURYEAR BROUSSEAU, IN HER CAPACITY AS EXECUTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF SHERILL PAUL PURYEAR v. MARY BRIDGMAN PURYEAR (Parish of Livingston)&nbsp; 2002-CC- 0602 BARRY BOLOTTE AND SUSAN GAUTREAUX BOLOTTE v. THIBAUT OIL COMPANY, INC. AND THOMAS A. THIBAUT (Parish of Assumption)&nbsp; 2002-C - 0605 WILLIAM W. ROSEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, ABC CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans) VICTORY, J., would grant the writ. TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ. WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.&nbsp; 2002-C - 0616 ALAN P. WILEY v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, JOHN DOE AND CHRISTY LYNN CURL (Parish of Orleans) CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ. VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.&nbsp; 2002-C - 0635 MORRIS EMERY AND EMMA SYLVESTER-EMERY; CLIFFORD WAYNE BENDILY AND MARY AGNES BENDILY; JOHN CARL MEYERS AND ALVIE ELOISE MEYERS; JOE O'CONNOR AND OLLIE RUTH O'CONNOR; AND LEONISE RODRIQUE VILLNERVE v. OWENS-CORPORATION; PITTSBURGH CORNING CORPORATION; GARLOCK, INC.; CROWN CORK AND SEAL COMPANY, INC.; ROCK WOOL MANUFACTURING COMPANY; M. H. DETRICK COMPANY; EXXON CORPORATION; ET AL. (Parish of Ascension)&nbsp; 2002-C - 0641 ALAN P. WILEY v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, JOHN DOE AND CHRISTY LYNN CURL (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2002-C - 0728 DIXIE CARRIER AND CHRIS CARRIER, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, KELLY CARRIER AND CASEY CARRIER v. NOBEL INSURANCE COMPANY, WESTERN AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC. AND RICHARD WADE BARNETT (Parish of Lafayette)&nbsp; 2002-C - 0731 CHRISTINE SWILLEY v. MICHELLE LITTERAL (Parish of Allen)&nbsp; 2002-CC- 0735 TIMOTHY K. DUNAWAY v. LOUISIANA WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES COMMISSION, ET AL. (Parish of St. Tammany) CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.&nbsp; 2002-KK- 0736 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LILLIE CANNON AND STERLING CANNON (Parish of East Feliciana)&nbsp; 2002-C - 0738 SANDRA PACE, WIFE OF/AND STEVEN C. LAGRAIZE AND ESTATE DEVELOPMENTS, L.L.C. v. THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON (Parish of Jefferson)&nbsp; 2002-C - 0739 DIXIE CARRIER AND CHRIS CARRIER, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, KELLY CARRIER AND CASEY CARRIER v. NOBEL INSURANCE COMPANY, WESTERN AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION SERVICES, INC. AND RICHARD WADE BARNETT (Parish of Lafayette) VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.&nbsp; 2002-C - 0741 SYLVIA O'BRIEN BERGER, WALTER J .BERGER, JR. AND KRISTINE M. BERGER v. ROYCE INSTRUMENT CORPORATION, JAMES R. DARTEZ, J. THOMAS SOUTH, AND POLYCAST CORPORATION (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2002-C - 0742 IN THE MATTER OF SHINTECH, INC. PROCEEDINGS FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW UNDER THE LOUISIANA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT, LA. R.S. 30:2001 ET SEQ. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)&nbsp; 2002-C - 0743 ANGELINA CANTUBA v. THE AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING AND MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. AND OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2002-C - 0744 NATHANIEL JOSEPH v. ENTERGY AND THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS C/W LUCINDA MITCHELL AND MITCHELL'S FRUIT STAND, INC. v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND ENTERGY SERVICES, INC. (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2002-CC- 0747 CARLOS WILSON v. CHARLES E. LAMBERT, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, AND CRUM &amp; FOSTER INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Tangipahoa)&nbsp; 2002-C - 0754 FRED PETERSON v. GIBRALTAR SAVINGS &amp; LOAN CLUB WEST, INC., THE GALLERIA INVESTMENT CORPORATION D/B/A GALLERIA ONE AND/OR THE GALLERIA, ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson) CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ. JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ. KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.&nbsp; 2002-CC- 0755 PAULINE POUSSON FONTENOT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT (Parish of Calcasieu) VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.&nbsp; 2002-CC- 0756 MARGIE SHEPPARD v. PROGRESSIVE HEALTHCARE (Office Of Workers' Compensation District 5) TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.&nbsp; 2002-KK- 0758 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MERLIN A. SAMPSON (Parish of Avoyelles) KNOLL, J., recused. WEIMER, J., would grant the writ. TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.&nbsp; 2002-C - 0769 ALLEN GREGORY KLEIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Tangipahoa)&nbsp; 2002-C - 0776 ANGELINA CANTUBA v. THE AMERICAN BUREAU OF SHIPPING AND MITSUBISHI HEAVY INDUSTRIES, LTD. AND OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2002-C - 0780 ROBERT B. FISHER, JR. v. TOURO INFIRMARY C/W ROBET B. FISHER, JR. v. TOURO INFIRMARY (Parish of Orleans) JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.&nbsp; 2002-C - 0782 PELICAN POINT OPERATIONS, L.L.C. v. CARROLL CHILDRES COMPANY (Parish of Ascension)&nbsp; 2002-CC- 0783 PROFESSIONAL DIVERSIFIED RESOURCES, INC. v. H. HERSHBERG &amp; ASSOCIATES, ARCHITECTS, INC., H. HERSHBERG &amp; ASSOCIATES, A PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION, HOWARD HERSHBERG AND JEFFERSON PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2002-C - 0872 SYLVIA O'BRIEN BERGER, WALTER J. BERGER, JR. AND KRISTINE M. BERGER v. ROYCE INSTRUMENT CORPORATION, JAMES R. DARTEZ, J. THOMAS SOUTH, AND POLYCAST CORPORATION (Parish of Orleans)&nbsp; 2002-C - 1153 GLEASON NUGENT, JOHNNY RAY CARPENTER, DORIS ABRAMS AND SHELIA WHITE v. BENJI PHELPS, FOX MCKEITHEN, SECRETARY OF STATE AND SUZANNE HAIK-TERRELL, COMMISSIONER OF ELECTIONS (Parish of Winn) JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ. TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ. WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</div>
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