<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 #063</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>9th day of October, 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-KK-1978 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DUSTIN PLEASANT (Parish of Orleans)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>10th day of October, 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>MOTION TO DISMISS APPEAL GRANTED; REMANDED TO DISTRICT COURT; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07CA1603.order.pdf">2007-CA-1603 T & S INVESTMENTS PARTNERSHIP, SOUTHERN ADVERTISING AGENCY, INC., SOUTHERN RANCH, LLC, SOUTHERN LENDERS, LLC, PERSON TO PERSON FINANCIAL CENTER, INC. v. THE LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION, AND BELLSOUTH COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, INC.</a> (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>DISABILITY INACTIVE STATUS MAINTAINED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07OB1029.order.pdf">2007-OB-1029 IN RE: CONFIDENTIAL PARTY</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>11th day of October, 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 DISMISSED ON RELATOR’S MOTION:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CC-2351 CLARK A. GUNDERSON, M.D. (A MEDICAL CORPORATION), ET AL. v. F.A. RICHARD & ASSOCIATES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>12th day of October, 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;">2007-C -1335 EUGENE BELLARD v. AMERICAN CENTRAL INS. CO., ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1399 EUGENE BELLARD v. AMERICAN CENTRAL INS. CO., ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1433 FRANCES ORLANDO WIFE OF/AND NICHOLAS REGGIO v. E.T.I., ABC INC. AND CITY OF NEW ORLEANS THROUGH NEW ORLEANS AVIATION BOARD (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CJ-1487 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN MELVIN WATKINS (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT GRANTED WITH ORDER; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07K0310.pc.pdf">2007-K -0310 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ERIC COLLINS</a> (Parish of Jefferson)<br />JOHNSON, J., would deny.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>TRANSFERRED TO THE COURT OF APPEAL:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0056 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GILBERT FRANKLIN (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />First Circuit.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1858 STATE EX REL. ANTHONY CROWDER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)<br />Fourth Circuit.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1859 STATE EX REL. ISIAH LANG III v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />First Circuit.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-OB-1435 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 06-PDB-157</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-OB-1502 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 07-PDB-006</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-KH-0048 STATE EX REL. SAMUEL LEE HAMILTON, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1558 SUCCESSION OF LEOLA LARD (NEE PEOPLES) v. DAVID POLAND D/B/A LANDSTAR, INC. (Parish of Bienville)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0001 STATE EX REL. EDDIE BURKHALTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0015 STATE EX REL. MITCHELL COOK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0023 STATE EX REL. CLAUDE WOODS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0025 STATE EX REL. THOMAS LOUIS PHILLIPS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0030 STATE EX REL. DARREL HOLLIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0031 STATE EX REL. MAURICE HARBOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0033 STATE EX REL. ALEXANDER SHEPARD, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0034 STATE EX REL. BILLY R. FRAZIER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Webster)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0035 STATE EX REL. JERRY B. JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0036 STATE EX REL. TROY J. MILLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0037 STATE EX REL. ALVIN VICTORIAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Pointe Coupee)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0038 STATE EX REL. BRIAN YOUNG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0039 STATE EX REL. TROY KNIGHT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0089 STATE EX REL. WALTER ADAM KOTT, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0113 STATE EX REL. WILLIAM WASHINGTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0134 STATE EX REL. BENNETT PIERRE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0135 STATE EX REL. TYRONE WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0136 STATE EX REL. JIMMY BURSE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0137 STATE EX REL. WILLIE H. BEALE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0138 STATE EX REL. LEE MATTHEWS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0139 STATE EX REL. CHRISTOPHER COSSE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0141 STATE EX REL. CHRISTOPHER D. LEBRETON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KP-0364 WILLIE LEE TART v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KP-0376 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RODNEY DILLON (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-0385 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEVIN M. DELAUNE (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-0389 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. VIRGIL LORENZO SMITH (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KP-0398 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RANDY L. GOULD (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-0401 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RICKY WAYNE THOMAS (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0439 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HENRY DUPREE (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0448 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEROY SEMIEN (Parish of St. Landry)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-0453 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN STANFORD LINDSEY (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-0454 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STANLEY LINDSEY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-0459 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NICKY LAVELLE COLEMAN (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-0462 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PIERRE WEATHERSPOON (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0467 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DEANDRE JOHNSON (Parish of Avoyelles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0468 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SIDNEY ANDERSON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0509 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DEANDRE JOHNSON (Parish ofAvoyelles)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0599 STATE EX REL. TROY KNIGHT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1229 ANTOINETTE HARRIS v. ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD (Parish of Orleans)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1390 STEAMSHIP MUTUAL UNDERWRITING ASSOCIATION (BERMUDA), LTD. v. SUN LIFE ASSURANCE COMPANY OF CANADA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-OC-1404 JAROD MARQUEZ v. JACK USSERY CONSTRUCTION (Office of Workers' Compensation District 6)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1452 CAROLYN PATRICK, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF RONNIE JOE PATRICK v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, CITY OF MONROE, ENTERGY LOUISIANA, INC., ENTERGY CORPORATION AND GEORGE DONALD EMFINGER (Parishof Ouachita)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1476 WILLIAM DANIEL LITTLETON AND CAROLYN LAHONDA LITTLETON v. DEWAYNE G. ENTERKIN, STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY AND TRAVELERS INDEMNITY COMPANY OF CONNECTICUT (Parish of Ouachita)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1521 NHU TRAN AND SAI HONG v. DUFRENE BOATS, INC. C/W NGA TRINH, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HAO TRAN AND LYNN TRAN v. DUFRENE BOATS, INC. (Parish of St. Mary)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1522 TOM OWENS AND JAMES WALL v. SOUTHWEST OUACHITA WATER WORKS, INC., AND WILLIE SMITH (Parish of Ouachita)<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1524 SLIM BRUMFIELD v. THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />WEIMER, J., would deny without language.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1527 NEW ORLEANS FIREFIGHTERS LOCAL 632 v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1532 LINDA SHUBERT, ROSE MCNAIR, TOME' FRAZIER, DERRICK CHOCKLIN, AND ROBERT YBARZABAL v. TONTI DEVELOPMENT CORP. D/B/A TONTI MANAGEMENT (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1533 KENNETH FORD, ET AL. v. RAPIDES HEALTHCARE SYSTEM, L.L.C., ET AL. (Parish of Avoyelles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1541 CASE ATLANTIC COMPANY v. BLOUNT BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1559 CHARLIE L. JACKSON v. HOME DEPOT, INC. AND/OR HOME DEPOT, U.S.A., INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1560 SUSAN AND WILLIAM LAURENDINE, ET AL. v. THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE ORLEANS LEVEE DISTRICT, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1568 CHRISTY THOMAS ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR CHILD, BRAD THOMAS v. SIDLENIE, LLC, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, EMMA MCCARTHY, XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Bernard)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1569 CEI ROOFING, INC. v. SIMON PROPERTY GROUP, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1574 ALTHEA ALVAREZ AND ARMANDO ALVAREZ, INDIVIDUALLY ON BEHALF OF HIS TWO MINOR CHILDREN, ANDRE ALVAREZ AND ANYSSIA ALVAREZ v. CHAD T. LEBLANC, DIRECT GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF LOUISANA, STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY AND USA AGENCIES CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1577 ERNESTINE LEE v. RYAN'S FAMILY STEAK HOUSE, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1579 ROBERT H. HOFFMAN v. CNA INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1580 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, WILLIAM CLAY FORD, JR., ALLAN GILMOUR, NICK SCHEELE, BILL HOOD FORD, L.L.C., AND HIXON AUTOPLEX OF ALEXANDRIA, INC. D/B/A HIXSON AUTOPLEX AND HIXSON AUTOPLEX OF ALEXANDRIA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1582 WEST MONROE URGENT CARE CENTER, LLC v. MEDBE, INC. AND HEARTLAND CAPITAL INVESTMENTS, LLC (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1583 JEFF SEPULVADO v. TOLEDO NURSING CENTER, INC. AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES OF BEAUREGARD PARISH INC. (Parish of Sabine)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1584 VIRGINIA R. BURGUIERES, ET AL. v. THE KEMPER AND LEILA WILLIAMS FOUNDATION, ETC. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p> </p>