<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 #072</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>18th 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>IMMEDIATE DISQUALIFICATIONS ORDERED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07O2037.pc.pdf">2007-O -2037 IN RE: JUDGE MICHAEL R. WALKER</a><br />(See Order)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07O2038.pc.pdf">2007-O -2038 IN RE: JUDGE VERNON CLAVILLE</a><br />(See Order)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>7th day of November, 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>PERMANENT DISBARMENT ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07B0733.PC.pdf">2007-B -0733 IN RE: DAVID M. DICKSON</a></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/2007/07B1071.pc.pdf">2007-B -1071 IN RE: ARDEN WELLS</a></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-2138 ANR PIPELINE COMPANY ET AL. v. LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>8th day of November, 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-KD-2171 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. REESE SIMS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>9th day of November, 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;">2007-C -1726 DARRYL SAMAHA, HUSBAND OF/AND KARMAN SAMAHA v. DAVID J. RAU, M.D. (Parish of Terrebonne)<br />JOHNSON, J., would deny.</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/2007/07CC1451.pc.pdf">2007-CC-1451 HUNTER HARRIS, III v. ELIZABETH STOGNER, ET AL.</a> (Parish of Orleans)<br />See Per Curiam.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>RECIPROCAL DISCIPLINE ORDERED; SUSPENSION ORDERED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2007/07B1053.PC.pdf">2007-B -1053 IN RE: BARRETT B. DALY</a><br />See Per Curiam.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-OB-2459 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 06-PDB-066</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-KH-2927 STATE EX REL. GREGORY MASON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2006-CI-3023 ARTHUR RAY ROBINSON v. BURL N. CAIN, WARDEN, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CI-0232 DOMINO JOHNSON v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0272 STATE EX REL. FRANK WINDING v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0274 STATE EX REL. EARL CRUM v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0276 STATE EX REL. WILLIE GORDON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CI-0277 STATE EX REL. WADE P. JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0279 STATE EX REL. GREGORY WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0313 STATE EX REL. RICHMOND BROCK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Union)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0315 STATE EX REL. ROBERT ISADORE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Acadia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0316 STATE EX REL. RONNIE YOUNG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0317 STATE EX REL. ANTHONY DARENSBOURG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0318 STATE EX REL. BILLY LYNN HENDRICKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0319 STATE EX REL. EYBA BROWN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0320 STATE EX REL. DENNIS WAYNE BAKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0322 STATE EX REL. IVORY DIXON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0323 STATE EX REL. LOYAL WHITE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0324 STATE EX REL. BRODERICK BURGES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0325 STATE EX REL. ELTON WAYNE MARTIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Winn)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0326 STATE EX REL. LIONEL ROYAL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0327 STATE EX REL. EMMITT JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0328 STATE EX REL. PAUL LANE HARRIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0330 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0331 STATE EX REL. HAROLD AUGUSTINE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0433 STATE EX REL. ROBERT ISADORE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Acadia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KP-0490 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN KINSEL (Parish of Jefferson)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0845 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DERRICK GARRETT (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0851 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JERRY MOORE (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0856 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GERALD DUGAS (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0863 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD WAYNE HOLTON (Parish of Ascension)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0885 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEVIN WALKER (Parish of Ascension)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0908 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL A. SEYMOUR (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0909 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DEREK M. DOWDEN (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0916 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN H. JONES (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -0917 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL GILL (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-0943 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICKEY WAYNE JOHNSON (Parish of Acadia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-0944 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. VINCENT T. ALLEN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-0945 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT EARL JONES (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1610 JOHN B. EDGAR, III, ET AL. v. CHARLES WERCHAN, ET AL. (Parish of Iberville)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1654 AVOCA, INCORPORATED v. ERNEST SINGLETON (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KK-1687 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL E. GORDON (Parish of Allen)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KK-1688 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL E. GORDON (Parish of Allen)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1755 JAN DECKER CALLAGHAN, ET AL. v. COLONIAL LIVING CENTER, L.L.C. (Parish of Jefferson)<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1756 HARRY L. PHILLIPS, ET AL. v. JAMES H. TRENT, III, ET AL. (Parish of St. Bernard)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1757 R. T. TALLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DOTD (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KK-1759 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL WIGGINS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1773 DR. VIRENDRA CHARAN AND BINDU CHARAN, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF DEEPENDRA CHARAN, AND ANURADHA CHARAN SAXENA v. JAMES L. BOWMAN, PAUL BOWMAN, ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, OMNI INSURANCE COMPANY AND STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Pointe Coupee)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1779 MARY LU DOUCET HARDEE v. CITY OF JENNINGS (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 3)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1780 MOUNT CALVARY BAPTIST CHURCH v. WILLIAMS CONSTRUCTION COMPANY OF PORT ALLEN, LOUISIANA (Parish of East Feliciana)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KK-1781 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DURESS WILSON (Parish of Ascension)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KK-1782 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEE ANTHONY QUIMBY (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1783 LASHON HENRY v. FOREST ISLE APARTMENTS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (Parish of Orleans)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1784 REVEREND JERRY JOHNSON, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA AND KATHLEEN B. BLANCO, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY OF GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, CHARLES FOTI, IN HIS CAPACITY AS ATTORNEY GENERAL AND AL ALTER, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF STATE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1786 ANDREE ANN PICOU v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, OFFICE OF STATE POLICE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1788 TOMMY J. HOOKS, JR., PAUL F. GARWOOD AND NOREEN WOGAN v. JOHN KENNEDY, IN HIS CAPACITY AS TREASURER OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA AND ADMINISTRATOR OF UNCLAIMED PROPERTY PURSUANT TO LA. R.S. AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH RICHARD P. IEYOUB, ATTORNEY GENERAL OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1794 QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES, INC., MICHAEL X. ST. MARTIN AND VIRGINIA RAYNE ST. MARTIN v. I.P. PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC., INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, MONTGOMERY, BARNETT, BROWN, READ, HAMMOND & MINTZ, L.L.P. AND JOHN Y. PEARCE (Parish of Terrebonne)<br />TRAYLOR, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1795 QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES, INC., MICHAEL X. ST. MARTIN AND VIRGINIA RAYNE ST. MARTIN v. ENERGY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION AND PHILLIPS PETROLEUM CO. (Parish of Terrebonne)<br />TRAYLOR, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1796 QUALITY ENVIRONMENTAL PROCESSES, INC., MICHAEL X. ST. MARTIN AND VIRGINIA RAYNE ST. MARTIN v. I.P. PETROLEUM COMPANY, INC., INTERNATIONAL PAPER COMPANY, MONTGOMERY, BARNETT, BROWN, READ, HAMMOND & MINTZ, L.L.P. AND JOHN Y. PEARCE (Parish of Terrebonne)<br />TRAYLOR, J., recused.<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1798 TONY LEN TAYLOR, ON BEHALF OF THE MINOR, MADISON PAIGE CHILDRESS TAYLOR v. JOE STOREY, JOHN BALLANCE, KEVIN CONLEY & PAFFORD EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Bienville)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1799 MARY LU DOUCET HARDEE v. CITY OF JENNINGS (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 3)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1806 DANIEL A. CRUMMEY v. LINDA MORGAN, JOHN R. FULTON A/K/A J.R. FULTON, J.R. FULTON (D/B/A) THE TRADING POST, D/B/A WATERCRAFT UNLIMITED (Parish of Ascension)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1807 HELENE Z. MORALES v. DR. PATRICK J. QUINLAN, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1814 TONI LEE v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CC-1820 THE TOWN OF HOMER, INC. D/B/A HOMER MEMORIAL HOSPITAL v. GENERAL DESIGN, INC. AND STORER HVAC MANAGEMENT CORPORATION (Parish of Claiborne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-C -1821 CHARLES LAYSSARD v. STATE OF LA., DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of Sabine)<br />VICTORY, J., to grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-2083 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RONALDO K. SMITH (Parish of Orleans)</p><div></div><p> </p><p> </p>