<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 #043</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 May, 2004</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>MOTION DENIED</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2004-O -1132 JOSEPH GALATAS, ET AL. v. EAGLE, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p> </p><p>On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>12th day of May, 2004</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>STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2004-CC-1144 GHEORGHE OLAR AND LISA OLAR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Iberville)</p><p> </p><p>On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>13th day of May, 2004</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) DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2004-C -1129 LORI DUNN, WIFE OF/AND MARK DUNN, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THE MINOR, CHAD DUNN v. MARK A. PONS AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2004-CC-1163 MAMTA PANI RAO v. MAHESWAR RAO (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p> </p><p>On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>14th day of May, 2004</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</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2004-C -0589 PETER V. DRISCOLL, M.D. v. FRED J. STUCKER, M.D., ET AL (Parish of Caddo)</p><p>2004-C -0646 BRENDA SUE CARTER, ET UX. v. GARY STEPHEN HAYGOOD, DDS, ET AL. (Parish of Concordia)</p><p>2004-CC-0703 PATRICK R. CHERON v. LCS CORRECTIONS SERVICES, INC., AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS AND WARDEN GARY COPES (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2004-CC-0744 SHARON DAILEY v. HELEN TRAVIS, ET AL. (Parish of Iberville)</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p><a href="/opinions/2004/04ko0017.pc.pdf">2004-KO-0017 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDITH SANDERS </a>(Parish of Jefferson)<br />See Per Curiam.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2004/04kk0273.pc.pdf">2004-KK-0273 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SEAN STRANGE AND TALBERT PORTER </a>(Parish of St. Martin)</p><p>See Per Curiam.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2004/04ok0672.pc.pdf">2004-OK-0672 IN RE: MATTER UNDER INVESTIGATION GRAND JURY NO. 1 </a>(Parish of Calcasieu)<br />See Per Curiam.</p><p>2004-CC-0816 REBECCA A. MICHEL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT AND ALL OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2004-KH-1003 STATE EX REL BRIAN K. WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER; OTHERWISE DENIED</span>:</strong></p><p>2003-KH-0952 STATE EX REL KELLY D. ADAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vernon)<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant and docket.<br />VICTORY, J., would grant and docket.</p><p>2004-K -0029 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BOBBY RAY YOUNG (Parish of Caddo)</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>RESIGNATION(S) ACCEPTED</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p><a href="/opinions/2004/04ob0945.pc.pdf">2004-OB-0945 IN RE: ALEX ORLANDO LEWIS, III<br /></a>See Order.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2004/04ob0946.pc.pdf">2004-OB-0946 IN RE: RICHARD LEE O'BRIEN<br /></a>See Order.</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>CONSENT DISCIPLINE ACCEPTED; SEE PER CURIAM</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p><a href="/opinions/2004/04b0943.pc.pdf">2004-B -0943 IN RE: REGINALD J. MCINTYRE</a></p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION(S) FOR PERMISSION TO TAKE BAR EXAMINATION DENIED</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2004-OB-0902 IN RE: SARAH E. BLEICHNER<br /><a href="/opinions/2004/04ob0902.pfc.pdf">CALOGERO, C.J., concurs with reasons.</a></p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>MOTION FOR CONSENT DISCIPLINE ACCEPTED; SEE PER CURIAM</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p><a href="/opinions/2004/04b0811.pc.pdf">2004-B -0811 IN RE: ROBERT F. FADAOL</a><br />JOHNSON, J., rejects consent discipline for the reasons assigned by Knoll.<br /><a href="/opinions/2004/04b0811.jtk.pdf">KNOLL, J., rejects consent discipline with reasons </a>.</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION(S) FOR RECONSIDERATION NOT CONSIDERED</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2004-CC-0020 HOUSING AUTHORITY OF NEW ORLEANS v. BOBBY BROUSSARD (Office of Workers' Compensation District 7)</p><p>2004-C -0237 CLEMENTINE FAIRROW, ET AL. v. JAMES E. MARVES, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>RECONSIDERATION(S) DENIED</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2004-C -0422 EDWARD DANIEL, JR. v. NEW ORLEANS PUBLIC SERVICE INC., ET AL.(Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2004-C -0567 KELVIN WELLS v. PAMELA JOHNSON, JUDGE OF THE JUVENILE COURT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2004-C -0595 IN RE: EDGAR MCLARRIN AND CHARLOTTE MCLARRIN APPLYING FOR PRIVATE ADOPTION OF E.K.E. AND O.L.G. (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2004-CC-0837 PATRICK BARTHEL v. DANIEL E. BECNEL, III, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2004-CC-0886 ROBIN MAINIERI v. HOTEL MAISON PIERRE LAFITTE, LTD. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>REMANDED TO COURT OF APPEAL</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2003-KK-3289 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STERLING VENTRIS (Parish of Jefferson)<br />WEIMER, J., concurring in part and dissenting in part. I would grant the writ. See State v. Umezulike, 2003-1404, pp. 1-4 (La. 2/24/04), 866 So.2d 794, 802-804.</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>CERTIFICATION DENIED</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2004-CQ-0810 CHEVRON USA, INC. v. VERMILION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD; TEXACO INC; TEXACO EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION, INC. v. VERMILION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD; AMERADA HESS CORP. v. VERMILION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD; UNION OIL COMPANY OF CALIFORNIA v. VERMILION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD; MOBILE OIL CORP., ET AL v. VERMILION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD; EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION v. MARSHALL W. GUIDRY; EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION v. VERMILION PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)</p><p><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED</strong></span><strong>:</strong></p><p>2003-KH-0862 STATE EX REL KENNETH KEELEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2003-KH-0913 STATE EX REL QUINTLAN SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Webster)</p><p>2003-KH-0917 STATE EX REL OLIVER FRANCIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2003-KH-0940 STATE EX REL REGINALD WARREN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p>2003-KH-1275 STATE EX REL LONZETTE K. GADDIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p>2003-KO-1276 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RYAN WATSON (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2003-KH-1280 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAVAN MARSHALL AND ALFRED D. WILLIAMS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2003-KH-1301 STATE EX REL MICHAEL M. SHELTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2003-KH-1321 STATE EX REL HENRY QUINN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2003-KO-1323 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CALVIN ASHTON THOMAS (Parish of Caddo)</p><p>2003-K -1353 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CALVIN ASHTON THOMAS (Parish of Caddo)</p><p>2003-KH-1355 STATE EX REL MARK SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. John)</p><p>2003-KH-1451 STATE EX REL MARVIN WILEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p>2003-KH-1452 STATE EX REL JAMES STEIB v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2003-KH-1454 STATE EX REL LARRY TENNART v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2003-KH-1455 STATE EX REL DAROLD HINES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberville)</p><p>2003-KH-1491 STATE EX REL ALLEN BLOUNT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2003-K -1492 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLARENCE W. MCLAREN, JR. (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-KH-1495 STATE EX REL DONALD PORTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2003-KH-1649 STATE EX REL MICHAEL FRANCOIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p>2003-KH-1656 STATE EX REL JAMES TANNER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2003-KH-1658 STATE EX REL DARRIAN FRANKLIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2003-KH-1661 STATE EX REL MICKEY MCCURTIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jackson)</p><p>2003-KH-1663 STATE EX REL ARTHUR FLOT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2003-KH-1666 STATE EX REL DARRYL CASIMIER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2003-KH-1668 STATE EX REL KEVIN WILSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2003-KH-1671 STATE EX REL SIMON C. MONTGOMERY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2003-KH-1672 STATE EX REL DAVID M. REESE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p>2003-KH-1685 STATE EX REL JOSEPH SCOTT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2003-KH-1686 STATE EX REL ANTHONY TRACY JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo) </p><p>2003-KH-1687 STATE EX REL CHARLES LAMBERT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2003-KH-1688 STATE EX REL STEPHANIE KING LETULIER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Martin)</p><p>2003-KH-1689 STATE EX REL TERRY FLANAGAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bienville)</p><p>2003-KH-1694 STATE EX REL JAMES BUNCH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2003-KH-1695 STATE EX REL FREDRICK SANDERS, AKA JEROME WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p>2003-KO-1698 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHNA HAYNES (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2003-KO-1717 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. THOMAS SWINNER (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-KO-1718 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDWARD SIMMONS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2003-KH-1896 STATE EX REL DONALD STELLY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Evangeline)</p><p>2003-KO-1968 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HENRY BOSS (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2003-KO-1978 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HARRY J. DUPRE (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2003-KO-2168 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALEXANDER SHEPARD (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2003-KK-2223 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BARANDLE WILLIAMS (Parish of Caddo)</p><p>2003-KH-2312 STATE EX REL WARREN L. JORDAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2003-KO-2545 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HENRY L. FISHER (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2003-K -2616 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RUFUS EDWARD WHITE, JR. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p>2003-KO-2652 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARLON WASHINGTON (Parish of Caddo)<br />TRAYLOR, J., recused.</p><p>2003-K -2950 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HOZEY FALICINNO IVERSON (Parish of Caddo)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2003-KO-2975 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL CUMMINGS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2004-CC-0701 ALBANO CLEANERS, INC. AND ACI, LLC v. G. MIKE SMITH, SARA SMITH AND M & S INVESTMENTS, LLC (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2004-C -0741 EMMA TURNER v. MICHAEL LYONS, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, AND THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2004-C -0743 MARLON SIMMONS, ET AL v. CTL DISTRIBUTION AND DARREN TOMAS (Parish of St. James)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2004-CC-0749 JOHN HEBERT AND KLEA HEBERT v. RAPIDES PARISH POLICE JURY, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2004-C -0764 MARLON SIMMONS, ET AL v. CTL DISTRIBUTION AND DARREN TOMAS (Parish of St. James)</p><p>2004-C -0765 CLYDE S. SIMS AND CHARLOTTE SIMS v. SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY AND BLAINE L. NEWTON (Parish of Livingston)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2004-C -0789 DENNIS JULIEN, SR., INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE NATURAL TUTOR OF MINOR CHILDREN, DENNIS JULIEN, JR., AND ALYRIA JULIEN v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, KENNY ACOSTA, GEORGE ACOSTA, AND TRIPLE FARMS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2004-KK-0795 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. AMANDA GUTWEILER HYPES (Parish of Rapides)</p><p>2004-CC-0809 SHANE H. COLLINS, ET AL. v. MIKE'S TRUCKING COMPANY, INC., STAR INSURANCE COMPANY, DWIGHT L. DAIGLE AND NUTMEG INSURANCE COMPANY C/W RICHARD ANDREW JACKSON v. MIKE'S TRUCKING COMPANY, INC., STAR INSURANCE COMPANY, DWIGHT L. DAIGLE AND NUTMEG INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2004-CC-0817 JANICE TRAHAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTRIX FOR HER MINOR CHILDREN, JUSTIN WADE ROBERTS AND JEFFREY JOHN TRAHAN v. RICHARD J. SCHMIDT, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p>2004-CC-0820 LINDA BOUDREAUX AND VERNON BOUDREAUX v. USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2004-CC-0829 IN RE MEDICAL REVIEW PANEL FOR THE CLAIM OF JANICE BATISTE ON BEHALF OF KENNETH BATISTE (Parish of Orleans)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2004-C -0836 EMMALINE WALLACE v. RED RIVER CENTER CORPORATION (Parish of Caddo)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2004-C -0839 WALTER NEWSON v. RICHARD SPURGEON MASONRY (Office of Workers' Comp. Dist. 2)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2004-C -0840 THOMAS KARRELL ARDOIN v. THE STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Evangeline)</p><p>2004-CC-0845 HARRY J. MOREL, JR., INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS LEGAL AND NATURAL FATHER OF MARY ELIZABETH MOREL AND MARY ELIZABETH MOREL v. MARC A. ORGERA, SAFECO NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY, COX CABLE COMPANY, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY AND STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2004-CC-0850 IN RE: ASBESTOS PLAINTIFFS v. BORDELON, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2004-CC-0853 COLE, EVANS & PETERSON v. T.F. MANAGEMENT, INC., ET AL. C/W COLE, EVANS & PETERSON v. MAURICE RIEMER CALHOUN, JR., ET AL. AND OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of Desoto)</p><p>2004-C -0854 TEILLA L. NOEL v. HOME HEALTH CARE 2000, INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation, Dist. #3)</p><p>2004-CC-0855 IN RE: ASBESTOS PLAINTIFFS v. BORDELON, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2004-C -0858 VERNON J. TATUM, JR. v. DALE N. ATKINS, ET AL., DEPUTY CLERKS, AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2004-C -0867 JENNIFER BRYAN, ET AL. v. RYAN'S FAMILY STEAK HOUSES, TLC, INC. (Parish of Rapides)</p><p>2004-C -0870 KENNETH DODGE v. S & B LOGGING (Office of Workers' Compensation District 2)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant the writ.</p><p>2004-C -0871 TEILLA L. NOEL v. HOME HEALTH CARE 2000, INC. (Office of Workers' Compensation, District #3)</p><p>2004-CC-0873 REBECCA E. PETERSON v. JOHN H. PETERSON (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2004-C -0874 GLORIA MORE v. DONALD STEVE BURNS AND THE SUCCESSION OF FAYE Z. BURNS (Parish of Vernon)</p><p>2004-C -0876 BYLES WELDING AND TRACTOR, INC. v. JOHN CLIFTON CONINE (Parish of Natchitoches)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p> </p><p> </p></div>