<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 #017</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>30th day of March, 2009</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>INTERIM SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2009/09B0670.pc.pdf">2009-B -0670 IN RE: ASHTON R. O'DWYER, JR.</a><br />KIMBALL, C.J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KH-0326 STATE EX REL. REGINALD P. FONTANA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-CC-0722 KENNETH WHITTINGTON, ET AL. v. PCS NITROGEN FERTILIZER, ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. C/W CHRISTOPHER D. HALL, ET AL. v. PCS NITROGEN FERTILIZER, ET AL. (Parish of Ascension)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-CC-0723 KENNETH WHITTINGTON, ET AL. v. PCS NITROGEN FERTILIZER, ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. C/W CHRISTOPHER D. HALL, ET AL. v. PCS NITROGEN FERTILIZER, ET AL. (Parish of Ascension)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>31st day of March, 2009</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>RESIGNATION ACCEPTED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2009/09OB0475.pc.pdf">2009-OB-0475 IN RE: W. WILLIAM HODES</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>1st day of April, 2009</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>INTERIM SUSPENSION GRANTED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2009/09B0583.pc.pdf">2009-B -0583 IN RE: WILLIAM ELDREN BRADLEY</a></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;">2009-KK-0412 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NORRIS VESSELL (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would deny.<br />WEIMER, J., would deny.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-CC-0713 MARGARET MCKINLEY, ET AL. v. RAY CHRISTOFFEL, ET AL. (Parish of Avoyelles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KK-0413 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NORRIS VESSELL (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>2nd day of April, 2009</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 GRANTED WITH ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KK-0740 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALVIN JEFFERSON (Parish of Orleans)<br />KNOLL, J., would deny.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>MOTION TO SEAL DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-O -0743 IN RE: JUDGE ABC</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><br /><br />On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>3rd day of April, 2009</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 APPLICATION GRANTED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0093 CHARLES C. FOTI, JR., ATTORNEY GENERAL FOR THE STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SARAH HOLLIDAY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</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/2009/08KP0517.pc.pdf">2008-KP-0517 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DEBBIE PALMER</a> (Parish of Concordia)<br />See Per Curiam.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KK-0334 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CRAIG BROWN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-C -2864 TINA LADNER v. GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES' INSURANCE COMPANY AND ROBIN ALPHONSO (Parish of St. Bernard)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2009/08B2829.pc.pdf">2008-B -2829 IN RE: JOHN HOLT GAHARAN</a></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;">2009-KH-0593 STATE EX REL. RODNEY WAYNE MACON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KH-0675 STATE EX REL. RUBEN J. ANDERSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KH-0683 STATE EX REL. ROBERT MONROE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-2057 STATE EX REL. DAMON SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. John)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-CC-0290 JOHN ANDRE CEASAR v. ERICA DANTLEY (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KP-1109 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHNNY JONES (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1430 STATE EX REL. JONATHAN EARL ADKINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1432 STATE EX REL. BRYAN K. WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Beauregard)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1433 STATE EX REL. RONNIE O. DORSEY, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1434 STATE EX REL. JOSEPH D. SAMPY, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1441 STATE EX REL. EMILE ROBINSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vernon)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1449 STATE EX REL. RICHARD L. KING v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1450 STATE EX REL. VICTOR VERDUN, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1451 STATE EX REL. DENNIS W. BAKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1452 STATE EX REL. JIMMY W. MAGEE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1453 STATE EX REL. ALVIN PAUL VICTORIAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Pointe Coupee)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1454 STATE EX REL. DREW M. PIZZO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberville)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1455 STATE EX REL. DAVID LANDOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1456 STATE EX REL. AL PATRICK GLYNN JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1481 STATE EX REL. DERRICK LLOYD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. John)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1486 STATE EX REL. JONATHAN ROSE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1519 STATE EX REL. CLAUDE ROBINSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1521 STATE EX REL. DARRYL D. PARKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1536 STATE EX REL. ANDRE RANDOLPH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1561 STATE EX REL. EDDIE W. VIREE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KH-1584 STATE EX REL. ROGER R. MITCHELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lincoln)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KO-1608 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRODERICK DONNELL HOWARD (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KO-1660 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. REGINALD BERRY (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KO-1682 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. REGINA R. WALDROP (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-K -1686 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTHONY T. DONACHRICHA (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KO-1702 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERRENCE JAMES (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-K -1744 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HAROLD HAYES (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-K -1900 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HILARIO G. TREVINO (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KO-1961 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERRENCE JAMES (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KO-1963 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MALCOLM WINN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2008-KO-2000 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT JACOBS (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0082 ELVIST J. TABOR, SR. AND DORIS G. TABOR v. ANCO INSULATIONS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of St. Martin)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0145 ELVIST J. TABOR, SR. AND DORIS G. TABOR v. ANCO INSULATIONS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of St. Martin)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KK-0255 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JARVIS E. BLACKBURN (Parish of Pointe Coupee)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-CC-0256 WOODLANDS DEVELOPMENT, LLC, ET AL. v. CRC INSURANCE SERVICE, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KK-0268 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GREGORY A. GREEN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-CC-0270 LORENA BELSOME LAJAUNIE, BARBARA LAJAUNIE, AND RITCHIE LAJAUNIE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF DECEDENT, HENRY P. LAJAUNIE, JR. v. CSR, LTD., ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0280 WILLIE BENARD v. EAGLE, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0281 RENEE' BREAUX, AND RENEE' BREAUX, DERIVATIVELY ON BEHALF OF VIEUX CARRE' MORTGAGE, L.L.C. v. VIEUX CARRE' MORTGAGE, L.L.C., KIRK J. LOCICERO AND KIM L. AUTIN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-CC-0283 GAYLE PICATACI v. CLARENDON INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0284 NORA PASSARO v. WAL-MART STORES, INC. AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)<br />GUIDRY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0286 BRENDA PITTS v. LOUISIANA CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0289 BENNIE MIMS ON BEHALF OF THE UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF HOWARD MIMS v. LIFECARE HOSPITALS, LLC, D/B/A LIFECARE HOSPITALS, INC. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-CP-0295 WALTER E. JOHNSON, JR. v. N. BURL CAIN, WARDEN, LOUISIANA STATE PENITENTIARY AND JOHN L. CALVERT, DIRECTOR, CLASSIFICATION DEPARTMENT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0309 LOVENDA JANICE ALLEN SONNIER v. ANDREA SONNIER CONNER, THOMAS SONNIER AND DIAMOND MCCATTLE COMPANY LLC (Parish of Jackson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KK-0312 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT ELZY (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KK-0313 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. THEODORE JOPES (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-CC-0314 LOUISIANA ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION NETWORK v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />TRAYLOR, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0315 CREAMER BROTHER'S INC. AND ROBERT N. CREAMER v. LISA ANNETTE WHITNEY HICKS A/K/A LISA WHITNEY AND NELSON W. CAMERON (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0318 JOHNNY M. GILES v. GENERAL MOTORS ASSEMBLY DIVISION (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0319 ROCK P. KAMPMANN v. DR. HELEN MASON AND JOSEPHINE HAMBACHER (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0320 TRUDY CORTEZ v. EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL (Office of Workers= Compensation District 7)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KK-0322 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT HULITT (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0327 ANN WOOD BARNES v. STEPHEN G. BARNES, WALTER S. BARNES, EDWARD E. MOORE, JR., COMMERCIAL MANAGEMMENT, INC., AND TREBS ENTERPRISES, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-CC-0332 SUCCESSION OF CHALIN O. PEREZ v. CHALIN O. PEREZ, JR. (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0335 PETER TURNER v. MARINE INLAND TRANSPORTATION CO. AND MARYLAND MARINE, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0337 SUCCESSION OF MARIE PANFIELD FARWELL (Parish of Orleans)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.<br />GUIDRY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-CJ-0379 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FRED REED (Parish of East Carroll)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KK-0380 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RONALD DUPONT AND KAYLA DUPONT (Parish of Allen)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0381 BETTY WHITE MEDLIN AND DWAIN D. MEDLIN v. WILSON LOUISIANA ASSOCIATES, L.P. AND TRI-W DEVELOPMENT, INC. D/B/A THE MALL OF LOUISIANA ABC INSURANCE COMPANY; MCRAE'S INC. D/B/A MCRAE'S DEPARTMENT STORE, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KK-0436 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES THREETON (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-K -0535 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TONY GAINES (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-C -0566 DOUGLAS M. SCHMIDT v. IRINA V. DANVILOVA SCHMIDT (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KH-0591 STATE EX REL. ERRICK (ERICK) JERMAINE ARCENEAUX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Feliciana)</p><p> </p>