<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 #022</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><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>28th day of March, 2007</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case listed below:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0638 KAREN DARBY v. SENTRY INSURANCE AUTOMOBILE MUTUAL CO., BRUCE J. AMOND, AND LAKESHORE CHRYSLER, DODGE, JEEP, INC. (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>30th day of March, 2007</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -1984 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DEXTER LEON DAVIS (Parish of East Carroll)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED WITH ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07kk0282.writ.pdf">2007-KK-0282 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM RILEY</a> (Parish of Jefferson)<br />See Order.<br />KIMBALL, J., concurs in part, dissents in part for reasons assigned by Justice Traylor.<br /><a href="/opinions/2007/07kk0282.diss.pdf">TRAYLOR, J., concurring in part dissenting in part and assigns reasons.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>DISBARMENT ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/06B2702.pc.pdf">2006-B -2702 IN RE: HERSY JONES, JR.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>DISCIPLINE ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07B0286.pc.pdf">2007-B -0286 IN RE: CLAUD E. PHELPS, JR.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CI-1508 WILLIAM POWELL v. RICHARD STALDER, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1561 STATE EX REL. LARRY HAMILTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1568 STATE EX REL. DARRELL GRANT LEDEE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1599 STATE EX REL. MOSES MAYER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1603 STATE EX REL. DARREN WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1604 STATE EX REL. RODNEY SANDERS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1610 STATE EX REL. CHAD BOUDREAUX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1611 STATE EX REL. DARRYL CASIMIER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Allen)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1639 STATE EX REL. DANNY BARKSDALE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1641 STATE EX REL. JOSEPH GLAVIANA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Assumption)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1651 STATE EX REL. ERIC PETRY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vermilion)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1652 STATE EX REL. LYLE RAHEEM JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1655 STATE EX REL. ELLIOT MONTANA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1656 STATE EX REL. STAFFORD STARKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1657 STATE EX REL. RICHARD LAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1677 STATE EX REL. BENJAMIN CLARK v. RUSSELL BUTLER, WARDEN, CONCORDIA PARISH CORRECTIONAL FACILITY (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1682 STATE EX REL. ROBERT SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1684 STATE EX REL. SYLVESTER LEE WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1685 STATE EX REL. WILLIE JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1711 STATE EX REL. DERRICK CHAIRS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1712 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL LEBLANC v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -1725 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BURT S. STOCKSTILL (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1742 STATE EX REL. CEDRIC LYNN SIAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -1930 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TOBIE GILLESPIE (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -1987 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BEATRIZ ELENA BUFORD (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -2101 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRIAN KEITH CARROLL (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KO-2113 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JONATHON L. SMITH (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KO-2133 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BEN SCOTT (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KK-0075 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARCUS TYLER SAUCIER (Parish of Evangeline)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0085 DAVID HAYES AND TAMMY HAYES v. GALLAGHER BASSETT SERVICES, INC. AND COLUMBUS INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Union)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0249 MONIQUE GUY, WIFE OF/AND BARRY GUY v. DR. BRIAN BOURGEOIS, DR. KENNETH COIGNET (Parish of Jefferson)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0280 STATE OF LA., EX REL. CHARLES C. FOTI, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL v. JANSSEN PHARMACEUTICA, INC. (Parish of St. Landry)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0294 RITA H. HOLZENTHAL WIFE OF/AND HENRY HOLZENTHAL, III, GRETEL HOLZENTHAL, CECELIA M. HOLZENTHAL WIFE OF/AND HENRY W. HOLZENTHAL, PATRICIA A. STANLEY WIFE OF/AND GEORGE E. THOMAS, AND MONICA S. ESPINEL WIFE OF/AND LUIS F. ESPINEL v. SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS C/W CARLO R. GALAN, M.D., GWENDOLYN D. REDUS, BILLYE B. BER AND MAXINE MILLER v. SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS C/W JEAN FERAN WIFE OF/AND FRED FERAN, MARY SUSAN HUNT, MARY SHARETT WIFE OF/AND FREDDIE SHARETT, PENELOPE SHEFFIELD, ELISE A. BOYER AND CHERYL L. SQUIRE v. SEWERAGE & WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0299 YVETTE M. FAIRCHILD, ET AL. v. RANDY WESTER, ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0302 RONALD J. CARTER v. D P & L TIMBER (Office of Workers' Compensation District 2)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0305 ROY PETERS, ET AL. v. RAPIDES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KK-0306 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SEAN VANKERKHOVE (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0308 RUBY D'ANTONI v. WALTER H. EVERSMEYER, M.D. AND HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY (WALTER H. EVERSMEYER, M.D.) (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KK-0309 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTOINE DUPLESSIS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KK-0343 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTHONY ACKERMAN (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0344 PATRICK J. KEARNEY v. LEE MEDICAL INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0353 THOMAS HARTMAN PALMER, II v. AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE COMPANY, TRUE TITLE, INC., AND JOHN CHRISTIAN SHIDLER (Parish of Bossier)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0355 ROBERT MILES BANKSTON v. LIPSTIX, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0358 RICHARD J. HEATH v. CARLISS MCCARTHY, SR., RHAL J. MARTIN AND WEYERHAEUSER CO. (Parish of Winn)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0359 VINCENT MARK CASTILLO v. CLERK OF COURT FOR THE 29TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT OF ST. CHARLES PARISH, IN LOUISIANA, ET AL. C/W VINCENT MARK CASTILLO v. GREG CHAMPAIGNE, ST. CHARLES PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE, ET AL. (Parish of St. Charles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0368 JANEAN CLARK v. LEGION INSURANCE COMPANY, COLEMAN CAB COMPANY, ROLLINS CAB SERVICE AND SHAHID ABBASI (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0370 MAUREEN SAXBY v. DENTON-JAMES, L.L.C. AND THE GRAY INSURANCE COMPANY (Office of Workers' Compensation District 3)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KK-0372 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. OWEN REA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p> </p>