<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 #031</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>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>STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0935 DAVID ANDRE' VINCENT, ET AL. v. AFTCO ENTERPRISES, INC., ET AL. C/W WANDA LAFLEUR, ET AL. v. AFTCO ENTERPRISES, INC., ET AL. C/W WILLIAM JOHN PINCH AND ROBERTA PINCH VERSUS AFTCO ENTERPRISES, INC., ET AL. C/W CHARLES E. WALKER v. AFTCO ENTERPRISES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0948 CHRISTY STRICKLAND, ET AL. v. COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Vernon)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>7th 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>STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CJ-0940 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF G. P. (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>9th 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 APPLICATION GRANTED WITH ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KK-0901 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DANA ABBOUD (Parish of Jefferson)</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/2007/07B0825.pc.pdf">2007-B -0825 IN RE: MICHAEL J. REYNOLDS</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07B0913.pc.pdf">2007-B -0913 IN RE: SCOTT EASON MEECE</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>STAY(S) RECALLED; WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KD-0578 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SEAN VINCENT GILLIS (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)</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;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-OK-0974 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BYRON DAVIS IN RE: RAECHELLE M. VIX (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>11th 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 -2175 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MANOLO ANTON BAKER (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KP-0691 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JASON MATTHIS (Parish of Orleans)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0867 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SHEDRICK VICTORAN (Parish of Ascension)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>REMANDED TO THE COURT OF APPEAL:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0664 JAY WEST, AS TRUSTEE FOR THE LOUISIANA LAND TRUST, C.G. KOEHL TRUST AND CORIN KOEHL TRUST v. KOEHL & ASSOCIATES, INC., DALE KOEHL, ROBERT KOEHL, TIMOTHY KOEHL, JONETTE FRANKS KOEHL, AND CLARENCE KOEHL (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED IN PART; OTHERWISE DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2137 STATE EX REL. TYRONE JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>PERMANENT DISBARMENT ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/06B2901.pc.pdf">2006-B -2901 IN RE: YVONNE L. HUGHES</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR REHEARING DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-B -2702 IN RE: HERSY JONES, JR.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-1543 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL LOTT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION DISMISSED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0321 STATE EX REL. JAMES O. SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CP-1573 RODNEY HAMILTON v. ARCENIOUS F. ARMOND, JR. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2019 STATE EX REL. JOHNNY PORTER, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KP-2105 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GEORGE LEE (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2116 STATE EX REL. DANIEL C. WILKERSON, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2117 STATE EX REL. BRUCE DUPLANTIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2127 STATE EX REL. JAMES TELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Claiborne)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant for reasons assigned in State v. Wesley Dick.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2128 STATE EX REL. IRVING STERLING v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2129 STATE EX REL. WOODROW RUCKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2130 STATE EX REL. BOBBY LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2131 STATE EX REL. LEO KEARNS, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2132 STATE EX REL. JOE D. COCHRAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2134 STATE EX REL. OSCAR TUESNO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CI-2135 JOHN O. SHILLING v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, AKA JEFFERSON PARISH CLERK OF COURT; JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2140 STATE EX REL. ANTHONY BASCLE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2142 STATE EX REL. TERRENCE BENOIT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2143 STATE EX REL. TERRENCE BENOIT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2170 STATE EX REL. NORBERT CAMP v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2180 STATE EX REL. RONALD DUGAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2181 STATE EX REL. ALEX HENNIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2182 STATE EX REL. CHRISTOPHER VAN SALES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KP-2228 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEE ROY JENKINS (Parish of East Feliciana)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KP-2234 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DANNY RAY LEE (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2246 STATE EX REL. CHARLES R. SPEARS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -2554 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PRENTISS BURNS CHANDLER (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KO-2566 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES TURNER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KO-2569 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FRANCIS WINCHESTER (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -2577 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TRENT ANTHONY MILLER (Parish of Sabine)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-K -2579 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DIANNA BROWN (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0174 MICHAEL ISABELLE v. BAYLINER MARINE CORPORATION; BRUNSWICK CORPORATION; CUMMINS MID-SOUTH, L.L.C.; AND BOATER'S LANDING, INC. OF FT. MYERS (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant the writ.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0258 STATE EX REL. TERRENCE BENOIT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0417 DOROTHY SANSONI v. THOMAS DELAHAYE, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS MEMBER, IBERVILLE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Parish of Iberville)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0590 HERMAN FALLS v. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish<br />of Orleans)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0632 ANGIE RODRIGUEZ, WIFE OF/AND JORGE R. CINTRON v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ALLSTATE INSURANCE CO., JARED COLLINS, AND MICHAEL ADAMS (Parish of St. Mary)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0633 JOHN P. STOSHAK v. EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0635 COASTAL BRIDGE COMPANY, L.L.C. v. FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY AND FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE COMPANY OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0639 GEORGE ADAMS AND MICHELLE ADAMS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, JANELLE ADAMS AND JAMAL ADAMS v. HARRAH'S BOSSIER CITY INVESTMENT COMPANY, L.L.C. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CP-0642 LEON D. FUSSELL v. NORTH LOUISIANA CRIMINALISTICS LABORATORIES, ET AL. C/W LEON D. FUSSELL v. JOSEPH R. KUTCH C/W LEON D. FUSSELL v. I. C. TURNLEY, JR., M.D., ET AL. (Parish of Lasalle)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0649 TOWN OF HOMER, D/B/A HOMER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ASSIGNEE OF LINDA TUGGLE, ET AL. v. UNITED HEALTHCARE OF LOUISIANA, INC. (Parish of Claiborne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0650 GILBERT DOUGLASS v. DR. JAMES H. EASTON & THE LAFAYETTE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Parish of Lafayette)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0652 DARLEEN M. JACOBS, A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION AND DARLEEN JACOBS LEVY v. UNITED STATES FIDELITY AND GUARANTY COMPANY, THE ST. PAUL TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANIES, INC. AND EAGAN INSURANCE AGENCY, INC. (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., recused.<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0657 NORTHEAST REALTY, L.L.C. v. MISTY BAYOU, L.L.C., ET AL. (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0658 DENNIS J. MCINERNEY v. CHRISTOPHER GREGUS, ST. BERNARD PARISH, AND ST. BERNARD PARISH DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS (Parish of St. Bernard)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0660 A&B BOLT & SUPPLY, INC. v. DAVID S. DAWES, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KK-0663 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH GRECO, JR. (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0665 KEVIN B. MURRAY AND TODD ST. CYR v. CITY OF HARAHAN (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0666 COLBY D'ANDRE MAYS, A MINOR APPEARING THROUGH HIS MOTHER AND NATURAL TUTRIX, SANDRA MAYS DOWLES, AND JAMES MILTON PENTON v. SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY, KLLM, INC. AND VERNON SAWYER, A DIVISION OF KLLM, INC. (Parish of Morehouse)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0667 OBJECT TECHNOLOGY INFORMATION SPECIALISTS CORPORATION v. SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING ASSOCIATES, INC., SEA INFORMATION SERVICES, INC., AND ROBERT SAVOIE (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-0674 NORMA HUGHES v. KMART CORPORATION AND LAURICELLA LAND COMPANY, LLC (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -0688 FRED L. HOUSTON v. SPRINGVILLE CEMETERY ASSOCIATION, INC. (Parish of Red River)</p><p> </p>