<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>23rd day of April, 2008</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 DISMISSED ON RELATOR'S MOTION:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KK-0657 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MATTHEW LAWSON (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>24th day of April, 2008</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 DISMISSED ON JOINT MOTION:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0591 SARA KATHERINE WAGGONER, ET AL. v. AMERICA FIRST INSURANCE, ET AL. (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>25th day of April, 2008</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;">2008-C -0194 THE SHERWOOD FOREST COUNTRY CLUB v. ELMER B. LITCHFIELD, AS SHERIFF AND EX OFFICIO TAX COLLECTOR FOR EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, AND BRIAN WILSON, AS ASSESSOR OF EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />KIMBALL, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0453 LOUISIANA BAG COMPANY, INC. AND LAPAC MANUFACTURING, INC. v. AUDUBON INDEMNITY COMPANY (Parish of Acadia)</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/2008/07KO0790.ord.pdf">2007-KO-0790 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DERRICK S. JONES</a> (Parish of Ouachita)<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;">2007-OB-2325 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 06-PDB-130 (Office of the Disciplinary Board)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR REHEARING DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-B -1996 IN RE: DOUGLAS M. SCHMIDT</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-0988 STATE EX REL. LARRY BANNISTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1043 STATE EX REL. STEVEN BOZANT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Bernard)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KK-0081 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PATRICK BARRETT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</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-OB-2324 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 07-PDB-026 (Office of the Disciplinary Board)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-0708 RAYMOND THOMAS, ET AL. v. ASHLEY INVESTMENT COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Richland)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>MOTION TO ENFORCE DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1632 STATE EX REL. ADRIAN ION NEACSU v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East 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-KP-0802 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHAD PAUL BOURGEOIS (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1375 STATE EX REL. WALTER R. COX, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1414 STATE EX REL. RANNEL CRAIG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1429 STATE EX REL. DANNY MORRISON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jackson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1434 STATE EX REL. CHRISTOPHER DUWAYNE FOSTER, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1436 STATE EX REL. LEONARD HENDERSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1446 STATE EX REL. CHIENO ORMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Franklin)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1447 STATE EX REL. BILLY RAY SELF v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1458 STATE EX REL. JERROD A. WILSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson Davis)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1459 STATE EX REL. DEMAREIN B. MIMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1515 STATE EX REL. CHARLES RAY LOVE, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1516 STATE EX REL. SILVIO DEUTOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1517 STATE EX REL. CALVIN HENDERSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1518 STATE EX REL. CURTIS GORDON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-CI-1520 RONALD LEWIS v. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONS, BOARD OF PAROLE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KH-1530 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL STRAUGHTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KP-1657 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH SIMPSON (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KP-1672 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEVIN L. BURFORD (Parish of Desoto)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-1833 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BARRY BAKER (Parish of Bienville)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -2252 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRADY ALSUP (Parish of Red River)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-KO-2273 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FRANK BERNARD CORBIN (Parish of Lincoln)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -2287 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEDRICK BURBANK, JR. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -2295 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BOBBY LEE BOOKER (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2007-K -2296 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL W. COLTON (Parish of Beauregard)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0191 IN RE: REPRESENTATIVE ARTHUR MORRELL<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0201 PAMELA SHARONETTE BARTEE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS TUTRIX AND ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF THE MINOR CHILD, JAMIE DENISE BARTEE v. CHILDREN'S CLINIC OF SOUTHWEST LOUISIANA, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KK-0259 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL GRANIER (Parish of Jefferson)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0333 TERRY HOLLAND v. STEPHEN J. HORNYAK & XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0395 IN RE MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CLAIMS REGARDING ANTHONY DIECIDUE, JR. (Parish of Jefferson)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0491 SHANNON CAMPBELL v. CITY OF LEESVILLE (Office of Workers' Compensation District 2)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KK-0493 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CELENA THIBODEAUX (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CP-0500 CHARLES ALLEN TREECE v. CIVIL DISTRICT COURT PARISH OF ORLEANS, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0503 JERALDINE ALEXANDER v. BROOKSHIRE GROCERY COMPANY (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 1W)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0504 ELLA ROGERS, ET AL. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, ET AL. (Parish of Concordia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0516 DANNY GUILBEAU v. JANET HUFFMAN (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0526 LESLIE H. CANTRELL AND DIXIE LAND COMPANY OF NEW ROADS, L.L.C. v. SUSAN MITCHEN COLLINS (Parish of Pointe Coupee)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0529 WILLIAM M. MAGEE, A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION, D/B/A MAGEE & DEVEREUX v. NATIONAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF HARTFORD (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0530 WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK v. HENRY CHARLES MONTICELLO, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-0532 KATHRYN JOLLS WIFE OF/AND CHARLES M. JOLLS v. BOH BROS. CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, INC. (Parish of Orleans)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., concurs in the writ denial and assigns reasons: While I am inclined to remand this matter to the court of appeal with instructions to allow the defendant, Boh Bros. Construction Co., Inc., to supplement its writ to conform with La. Ct. App. Unif. R. 4-5, I agree that there exists a genuine issue of material fact that precludes summary judgment. Therefore, I concur in denying the writ application.<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0542 DEVERY PIERCE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE OFFICE OF THE LEGISLATIVE AUDITOR AND DR. DANIEL G. KYLE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0543 ORGERON INVESTMENTS, L.L.C. v. DONALD MELANCON AND EMILY MELANCON C/W DONALD MELANCON AND EMILY MELANCON v. ORGERON INVESTMENTS, L.L.C. AND LEE ORGERON (Parish of Lafourche)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0547 CYNTHIA BRIDGES, SECRETARY OF THE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GEOFFREY, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0548 STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION, OFFICE OF RISK MANAGEMENT v. NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF LOUISIANA AND AON RISK SERVICES OF LOUISIANA, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0550 TODD EVERETT BAUMANN v. D & J FILL, INC., DUANE RODOSTA, ACE ENTERPRISES, CARLTON R. JONES, XYZ INSURANCE COMAPNY (Parish of Ascension)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0553 ROBERT P. JACKSON v. JAMES E. MAYO, ET AL. (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -0554 MEREDITH SILMON AND JEFF SILMON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, JOHN DOE, JANE DOE, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, ROBERT D. HARKNESS, JR. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KK-0556 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MAURDELL FLOWERS (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-0565 JEROME MICHAEL ELLENDER v. NEFF RENTAL, INC., ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, DAVID A. LEVINGSTON, AND STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Terrebonne)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-0578 CHARLES BROWN v. RODNEY FINNORN, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p> </p>