<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 #070</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>6th day of November, 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>PERMANENT RESIGNATION ACCEPTED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2008/08OB2472.pc.pdf">2008-OB-2472 IN RE: KENT MERCIER</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>10th day of November, 2008</strong></span>, the following actions were 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 WITH ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2008/08K0741.pc.pdf">2008-K -0741 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LOUIS A. GIBSON</a> (Parish of Orleans)<br />See Per Curiam.<br />KIMBALL, J., would grant and docket.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant and docket.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2008/08KK1628.pc.pdf">2008-KK-1628 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHANH HUYNH</a> (Parish of Orleans)<br />See Per Curiam.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2496 JOHN AND ELAINE CURLEY v. CLECO CORPORATION (Parish of Rapides)</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;">2008-KH-0427 STATE EX REL. COREY ANTHONY DAVIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>DISBARMENT ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2008/08B1679.pc.pdf">2008-B -1679 IN RE: ROBERT L. BARRIOS</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS OF DISCIPLINARY COUNSEL DENIED; ORDER OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD AFFIRMED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2008/08B1678.pc.pdf">2008-B -1678 IN RE: DAVID F. POST</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2008/08B1727.pc.pdf">2008-B -1727 IN RE: DANIEL T. MCKEARAN, JR.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>RECIPROCAL DISCIPLINE IMPOSED; INTERIM SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2008/08B2136.pc.pdf">2008-B -2136 IN RE: DANIEL F. TYRRELL, JR.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-OB-1894 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISON OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 2008-ADMIN-402</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0330 STATE EX REL. EDDIE D. LEE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.<br /><a href="/opinions/2008/08KH0330.bjj.pdf">JOHNSON, J., would grant the application and assigns reasons.</a><br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0350 STATE EX REL. ANTHONY T. SCOTT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0375 STATE EX REL. DEREK VANCE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0378 STATE EX REL. EDWARD ANTHONY LAMBAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0379 STATE EX REL. STEVEN KENSEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0381 STATE EX REL. LIONEL DAVIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0382 STATE EX REL. ERIC D. JETT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0420 STATE EX REL. SAMUEL SIMS, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0421 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HYMEL VARNADO (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0424 STATE EX REL. TREMAINE TAYLOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0425 STATE EX REL. MICHEL J. DIXON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Feliciana)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0426 STATE EX REL. RAYMOND MOORE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0430 STATE EX REL. LEROY CAREY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0431 STATE EX REL. GUS GREEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0434 STATE EX REL. RANDY LEE BATISTE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CI-0435 RON KIRK THOMPSON v. LA STATE PENITENTIARY, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0450 STATE EX REL. WENDELL BROOKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0452 STATE EX REL. ROBERT CLAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0454 STATE EX REL. HERBERT A. PIERRE JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-0455 STATE EX REL. EDWARD T. WASHINGTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KO-0845 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KIMBERLY SAMPY (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-K -0861 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM WAYNE LEE, JR. (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-K -0870 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WAYLON Q. TURNAGE (Parish of Washington)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KO-0883 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL LEE BOYD (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-K -0892 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DALE J. ARCENEAUX (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-K -0900 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JEFFREY A. WILHELM (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1007 STATE EX REL. EDWARD A. LOWERY, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -1508 ANGIE HEBERT v. CLARENDON AMERICAN INS. CO., ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1588 STATE EX REL. EDWARD A. LOWERY, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-1746 MR. AND MRS. LEON RICHARD v. DESIGNER CUSTOM HOMES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CP-1863 JOHN TONUBBEE v. RIVER PARISHES GUIDE, ET AL. (Parish of St. Charles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -1940 LELIA MARIE TASSIN, WIFE OF/AND IRVING C. TASSIN, JR. v. FRANK BENDEL, CUSTOM BUS CHARTERS, INC., REPRESENTED BY ITS PRESIDENT, DONNA BEGOVICH, CASINO MAGIC AND THE INSURERS OF FRANK BENDEL, CUSTOM BUS CHARTERS, INC. AND CASINO MAGIC AND ALL OTHER CONSOLIDATED CASES (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1960 STATE EX REL. FELTON JAMES LEDET v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2010 JOHN W. NICOSIA, SR. v. TOURO INFIRMARY, INC. ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2011 JOHNNA WILSON v. RALPH CALVIN DAVIS AND MARY LOU WHITE DAVIS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -2014 SHARON BOXIE v. DR. DWIGHT LEMOINE, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -2019 SHARON BOXIE v. DR. DWIGHT LEMOINE, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2020 JOHNNA WILSON v. RALPH CALVIN DAVIS AND MARY LOU WHITE DAVIS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2041 EVANSTON INSURANCE COMPANY v. DAVID C. KIMMEL, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2046 IN RE QUO WARRANTO PROCEEDINGS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2058 HEATHER COOK LEMAN v. MICHAEL DAVID LEMAN, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, MELVIN G. RIPP, JR., DEF INSURANCE COMPANY, FRED G. LAKE AND GHI INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2059 JOHN SANFORD BRASHER, II v. GILCHRIST B. BERG AND WATER STREET CAPITAL, INC. (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -2079 JULIE KANNEDY-FAGAN v. THE ESTATE OF EMORY L. GRAVES (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2084 THERESA PRUITT YAEGER CHEEKS, WIFE OF/AND ALTON B. CHEEKS v. DR. DANIEL MOMPOINT, LOUISIANA MEDICAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, OCHSNER MEDICAL CENTER WESTBANK AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KK-2085 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RORY JOHNSON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2094 RONALD MYERS v. CONOCOPHILLIPS COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2095 MICHELLE MARSHALL, ET AL. v. AIR LIQUIDE - BIG THREE, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -2100 EDWARD PAGELS v. MARY ELLEN BROWN (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2105 MARLIN ENERGY OFFSHORE, L.L.C. v. TETRA APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES, L.P. AND TETRA APPLIED G.P., L.L.C. (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -2107 DEBBIE BERGERON AND RENEE SHAW v. SMITH & ASSOCIATES D/B/A PRO AUTO RENTALS, W. GLENN SMITH AND ROY P. ARCENEAUX (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2113 REGONALD ANTOINE LEWIS, ET AL. v. AMERISURE MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2118 SUSAN AND WILLIAM LAURENDINE, ET AL. v. THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE ORLEANS LEVEE DISTRICT, ETC. (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2119 SUSAN AND WILLIAM LAURENDINE, ET AL. v. THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE ORLEANS LEVEE DISTRICT, ETC. (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -2132 KRIS KENNY v. DEPUTY DOMINICK MASON, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS AN EMPLOYEE OF ST. TAMMANY PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE, SHERIFF JACK STRAIN, STATE TROOPER TROY DIXON, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS AN EMPLOYEE OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, STATE TROOPERS AND STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -2138 SHEILA ASSAMAD v. PERCY SQUARE AND DIAMOND FOODS, L.L.C. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -2139 ANGELA GOUTRO v. F.G. SULLIVAN, JR., CONTRACTOR, L.L.C., ET AL. (Parish of St. Landry)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2156 TRI-PARISH ELECTRICAL SUPPLY, INC. v. CYPRESS BEND INVESTMENTS, L.L.C. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -2157 MARY PORTER v. MONROE HOUSING AUTHORITY (Parish of Ouachita)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CJ-2466 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF A K. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2502 JAMES PEEK, ET AL. v. NATIONWIDE MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-CC-2516 CYNTHIA BRIDGES, SECRETARY, DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FAMILY DOLLAR MARKETING, INC. AND FAMILY DOLLAR STORES OF MICHIGAN, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />CALOGERO, C.J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-OC-2537 VACUUM TRUCK CARRIERS OF LOUISIANA, INC. AND ITS MEMBER CARRIERS v. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p> </p>