<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 #030</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>27th day of April, 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>INTERIM SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07B0865.pc.pdf">2007-B -0865 IN RE: WILLIAM DALE BEHAN</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>1st day of May, 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>PROCEEDINGS DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION AS MOOT:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-B -0072 IN RE: W. EUGENE GOLDEN</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>2nd day of May, 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>INTERIM SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07B0861.pc.pdf">2007-B -0861 IN RE: DEBORAH HARKINS BAER</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>3rd day of May, 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>APPLICATION FOR STAY GRANTED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0936 J. GERALD DUPONT v. METAIRIE ENERGY, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Iberville)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>4th day of May, 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 APPLICATIONS GRANTED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -2346 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH WAYNE PINION (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0419 MINOS BOREL, SR., ET AL. v. DR. CLINTON YOUNG AND LOUISIANA MEDICAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED IN PART WITH ORDER; OTHERWISE DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2111 STATE EX REL. BASHAN STANTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION GRANTED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/06OB2526.pc.pdf">2006-OB-2526 IN RE: BRIAN L. EVANS</a><br />See Per Curiam.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>LEAVE TO APPEAL DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-OB-2572 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 06-PDB-100</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>PROBATION REVOKED; DEFERRED SUSPENSION MADE EXECUTORY:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07B0727.pc.pdf">2007-B -0727 IN RE: GREGORY L. THIBODEAUX</a><br />See Per Curiam.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>REINSTATEMENT DENIED WITH ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-OB-0647 IN RE: JEAN MARIE LACOBEE</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>MOTION NOT CONSIDERED; APPLICATION FOR REHEARING DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-C -2934 IN RE TRANSIT MANAGEMENT OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA, INC. C/W STEPHEN SCHWEITZER AND SANDRA MILLER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS NATURAL TUTORS AND CUSTODIANS OF THE MINOR CHILD, SHANNON SCHWEITZER v. TRANSIT MANAGEMENT OF SOUTHEAST LOUISIANA, INC., D/B/A REGIONAL TRANSIT AUTHORITY, AND MICHAEL J. METOYER (Parish of Orleans)<br />KIMBALL, J., recused.<br />TRAYLOR, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0575 LORI MERCER HAMMONDS v. RELIANCE INSURANCE COMPANY, SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA WATER & SEWER CO., INC., SOUTHEASTERN LOUISIANA WATER & SEWER CO., L.L.C. AND EDGAR J. DILLARD, JR. (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KK-0606 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERELLE LEBLANC (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0781 SUCCESSION OF VERNON OZELMA BOWER MITCHELL (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0782 IN RE: CLARENCE "GATEMOUTH" BROWN (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>MOTIONS DENIED; WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0285 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL J. SVEHLA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0371 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRANDON KING (Parish of St.John)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1360 STATE EX REL. RACHEL HARVEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KP-1759 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DOMINIC G. CIUZIO (Parish of Tangipahoa)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant.<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1980 STATE EX REL. ANTONIO TALBERT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1991 STATE EX REL. KERRY MYERS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1996 STATE EX REL. JAKE MYLES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2006 STATE EX REL. OSCAR MYLES, III v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2007 STATE EX REL. CARL DENNIS DALE, III v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Cameron)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CI-2008 ANTHONY PAYTON v. CORNELL HUBERT, WARDEN, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2009 STATE EX REL. CLARENCE A. COLEMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lasalle)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2010 STATE EX REL. JAMES V. FREE, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2011 STATE EX REL. KEVIN PEREZ v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CI-2013 CHARLES CARTER v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2014 STATE EX REL. LOUIE SCHEXNAYDER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2015 STATE EX REL. KEVIN M. MARS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2016 STATE EX REL. OTIS BATES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant. See dissent in State v. Dick, 06-2223.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2017 STATE EX REL. JOSEPH ANTHONY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2018 STATE EX REL. ROGERS ATKINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2020 STATE EX REL. HENRY REED v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2025 STATE EX REL. ALEX JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2107 STATE EX REL. TERRY GLENN SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Martin)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2108 STATE EX REL. CHRISTOPHER BELL RELIFORD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2109 STATE EX REL. DONALD BRIGGS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vermilion)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2110 STATE EX REL. HENRY WILSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2112 STATE EX REL. CHARLES BRUMFIELD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2114 STATE EX REL. KENNY W. YOUNG, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2115 STATE EX REL. LIONEL PARKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -2488 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TYREE YOUNG (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2498 STATE EX REL. CARL D. DALE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Cameron)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KO-2502 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EDDIE ROBERT LANE, JR. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KO-2514 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JONATHAN EARL ADKINS (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -2522 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JASON METZLER (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -2529 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. AARON GANT (Parish of St. James)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -2533 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN K. ROACH, JR. (Parish of West Feliciana)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -2543 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD W. NUGENT (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0176 CYNTHIA BRIDGES, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LYONDELL CHEMICAL COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0404 TINA SANCHEZ v. GLADIATORS CARNIVAL CLUB, ET AL. (Parish of St. Bernard)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0484 WENDY THOMAS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILDREN, CHELSEY SHE'A MARIE THOMAS AND TYLER PAUL THOMAS v. DIVCON, L.L.C., HORSESHOE GAMING HOLDING CORP., HORSESHOE RIVERBOAT CASINO, HORSESHOE ENTERTAINMENT, HORSESHOE GP, INC. AND NEW GAMING CAPITAL PARTNERSHIP (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0517 JACQUELINE GHOLAR PETERS v. WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY HOSPITAL (Office of Workers' Compensation District 6)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0542 ANTHONY N. GRAPHIA v. DOUGLAS WOOLFOLK AND USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0545 8000 GREENWELL SPRINGS ROAD, L.L.C. v. DIXIE WAREHOUSING, INC. C/W IN RE: DIXIE WAREHOUSING INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0547 RUSSELL T. CRAWFORD v. DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS MANAGEMENT OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, JOSEPH A. LANIER AND ALLEN A. DOESCHER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0550 HEATHER HOFFMAN v. TARGET CORPORATION OF MINNESOTA (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0551 CHRISTIN R. DECOU v. TARGET CORPORATION OF MINNESOTA (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0558 LIFE FLIGHT OF NEW ORLEANS v. PAUL HOMRIGHAUSEN (Office of Workers' Compensation District 6)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0559 GERALD ETTER v. HIBERNIA CORPORATION, J. HERBERT BOYDSTUN, E.R. "BO" CAMPBELL, PAUL CANDIES, RICHARD W. FREEMAN, JR., DICK H. HEARIN, RANDALL E. HOWARD, ELTON R. KING, SIDNEY W. LASSEN, JANEE "GEE" MERCADEL-TUCKER, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0560 BEULAH MCLEAN ELDER, ET AL. v. ELDER & ELDER ENTERPRISES, LTD., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0561 IN THE MATTER OF THE SUCCESSION OF JOHN WESLEY GRISSOM, SR. (Parish of Iberville)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0565 MARK W. HANEY, ROBERT L. HANEY, JR., ELLIS P. CARTER, MARY CARTER STOKES, MARTIN C. CARTER, JR., DAVID A. CARTER, PAMELA CARTER CABIRO, MARCELLE CARTER LEBLANC AND RONALD T. CARTER v. LEONARD A. DAVIS, RUSS M. HERMAN, DELTA PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC., PAUL B. MAXWELL, JON MAXWELL, DELTA ROCKY MOUNTAIN PETROLEUM, INC. AND HERMAN, HERMAN, KATZ & COTLAR, L.L.P. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0568 D. BRENNAN HOLLOWAY v. KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, MADISON PARISH POLICE JURY, STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT C/W DAVID HOLLOWAY AND SUSAN HOLLOWAY v. KANSAS CITY SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, MADISON PARISH POLICE JURY, STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT AND STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Madison)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0570 BRENDA JINRIGHT v. DR. CYNTHIA GLASS, DR. GEORGE LINDER, HOUMA OUTPATIENT SURGERY CENTER, DOCTOR'S HOSPITAL, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, DEF INSURANCE COMPANY, GHI INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0571 RIVER GARDEN APARTMENTS - PEGGI EDWARDS v. MACHEVIA HORTON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0572 RIVER GARDEN APARTMENTS - PEGGI EDWARDS v. MARGIE HORTON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0574 NOVIA MATHEWS GERRETS v. CHARLES J.D. GERRETS, III, WHITNEY NATIONAL BANK AND FRANCIS C. JUMMONVILLE IN HIS CAPACITY AS TESTAMENTARY EXECUTOR (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0576 ROBERT CASKEY AND KATHY CASKEY v. MERRICK CONSTRUCTION CO., INC AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Jackson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0577 JACK MCCLANAHAN, ET AL. v. SUSAN FOLSE MCCLANAHAN (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0581 NHUT VAN MAI v. GEORGE R. FLOYD (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0584 TOMMY WRIGHT v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE LOUISIANA COMMUNITY AND TECHNICAL COLLEGE SYSTEM (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0585 JEFF COLEMAN, JR. v. LARRY G. TOWNSEND, ET AL. C/W MARY COLEMAN, ET AL. v. LARRY G. TOWNSEND, ET AL. C/W JEFF COLEMAN AND NELL THOMPSON v. LARRY G. TOWNSEND, ET AL. (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0589 KENNETH FORD, ET AL. v. RAPIDES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, L.L.C., ET AL. (Parish of Avoyelles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0605 LA SHAE JOHNSON v. WALMART (Office of Workers' Compensation District 7)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0608 SCOTT G. VINCENT v. JANET P. VINCENT (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0623 WENDELL BOGAN v. MORGAN CITY HOUSING AUTHORITY (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0630 WALTER J. GRAVES v. RIVERWOOD INTERNATIONAL CORP., ET AL. (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0631 VIRGIE MAE BERTRAND TRAHAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE SUCCESSION OF OLIVIA BELLARD BERTRAND v. ALFRED LOUIS BERTRAND, SR. (Parish of Jefferson Davis)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0756 STATE EX REL. ROGERS ATKINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CJ-0783 IN RE: INTRA FAMILY ADOPTION OF A.G.T. BY HER STEPFATHER, J.L.S.<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.</p><div></div><p> </p><p> </p>