<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 #085</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>10th day of December, 2010</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;">2010-KK-2286 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TROY HOLMES, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>15th day of December, 2010</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; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2010/10CJ2725.pc.pdf">2010-CJ-2725 IN RE: THE MARRIAGE OF ERIN BLANCH AND JUAN S. BLANCH, JR.</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>OBJECTION TO ASSESSMENT OF COSTS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-OB-2202 IN RE: KARL GUILBEAU</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR REHEARING DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-B -1927 IN RE: RUBEN HERNANDEZ, JR.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-CJ-2645 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF D.E. (Parish of Caddo)<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>17th day of December, 2010</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;">2010-C -2328 CYNTHIA BRIDGES, SECRETARY, LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE v. HERTZ EQUIPMENT RENTAL CORPORATION (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS GRANTED WITH ORDER; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2010/10K0924.pc.pdf">2010-K -0924 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARVIN ROBINSON</a> (Parish of Jefferson)<br />JOHNSON, J., would deny.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2010/10C2059.pdf">2010-C -2059 SUCCESSION OF SIMON HARRELL AND CLARA HARRELL v. ERRIS-OMEGA PLANTATION, INC., ET AL.</a> (Parish of Rapides)<br />KNOLL, J., would deny.<br />CLARK, J., would deny.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>CONDITIONAL ADMISSION GRANTED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2010/09OB2488.pc.pdf">2009-OB-2488 IN RE: MADELYN A. PAVON SURIEL</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDING DISMISSED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2010/10B1547.pc.pdf">2010-B -1547 IN RE: DANIEL JAMES STANFORD</a><br />KIMBALL, C.J., would grant and docket.<br />JOHNSON, J., dissents.<br /><a href="/opinions/2010/10B1547.ggg.dis.pdf">GUIDRY, J., dissents with reasons.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION DENIED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2010/10OB2355.pc.pdf">2010-OB-2355 IN RE: ROBERT C. BASINGER</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong></strong></span><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>LEAVE TO APPEAL DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-OB-2171 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 10-PDB-028</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-OB-2225 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 10-PDB-026<br />VICTORY, J., would remand to Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) for further investigation.<br />GUIDRY, J., would remand to Office of Disciplinary Counsel (ODC) for further investigation.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-OB-2298 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 10-PDB-061</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-OC-2420 JUSTO E. ROQUE, JR. v. MIGUEL A. ELIAS, A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KH-2280 STATE EX REL. VICTOR L. BARRON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Concordia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KH-2506 STATE EX REL. HILTON WRIGHT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</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-1028 STATE EX REL. BENJAMIN C. WHITE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lincoln)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-K -1612 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. THEDRICK EDWARDS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-K -1838 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TRAVE WILSON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KH-2385 STATE EX REL. KELLY BARNES v. STATE OF LOUSIANA (Parish of Washington)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KH-2499 STATE EX REL. DWAYNE LEE RODRIGUES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KH-2604 STATE EX REL. LEON J. HORNE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-CI-2821 RICHARD LAY v. ROBERT TANNER, ET AL. (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-CI-2824 RICHARD LAY v. SERGEANT RONNIE SPEARS, LT. RICHARD STEADMAN, WARDEN ROBERT TANNER AND LT. THOMAS MITCHELL (Parish of Washington)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-CI-0017 OTIS R. MCKINLEY v. WARDEN LYNN COOPER; AVOYELLES CORRECTIONAL CENTER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-0066 STATE EX REL. CARLTON D. BROOKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-0067 STATE EX REL. BERNARD SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-0095 STATE EX REL. THEORTRIC GIVENS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-0108 STATE EX REL. DENNIS RAY WASHINGTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lincoln)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-0109 STATE EX REL. EXCELL LIVERS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-0128 STATE EX REL. KEVIN LOVE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-0130 STATE EX REL. LEOTIS THOMAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-0131 STATE EX REL. ANTHONY JEROD GUILLORY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Allen)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-0133 STATE EX REL. THOMAS WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lasalle)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-0134 STATE EX REL. CLOVIS JULIEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Bernard)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-0137 STATE EX REL. JAMES STEPHON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-0150 STATE EX REL. EDWARD BADON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-0152 STATE EX REL. MARK A. CROSS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caldwell)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KP-1056 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARKELL FLETCHER (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KK-1186 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LARRY POLK, ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KO-1194 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LAWRENCE KIVIN NIXON (Parish of Jefferson Davis)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KO-1195 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEYOWASKI M. DOUCET (Parish of Evangeline)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-K -1198 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TIMOTHY J. MAZIQUE (Parish of St. Charles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KO-1213 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RHINE REYNOLDS (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KO-1225 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JARVIS JERMAINE SHELVIN (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-K -1230 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NICKY A. LANDOR (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-K -1242 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ERSKINE L. ROBINSON A/K/A ERSKINE ROBERTSON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KO-1245 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL A. COE (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KO-1253 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL KEMPER PERCY (Parish of Jefferson Davis)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-K -1265 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NELSON JACKSON (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-K -1273 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LARRY MITCHELL (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-K -1297 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RONNIE ROY (Parish of Avoyelles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-K -1301 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT ALLEN SNELLING (Parish of Jefferson Davis)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-C -2009 TORBERT LAND COMPANY, L.L.C. v. TOMMY MONTGOMERY AND LILLIAN MONTGOMERY (Parish of Pointe Coupee)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-C -2075 GREG MITCHELL, CLODINE M. GORDON, LINDA BROWN, BERTHA OXLY, JANICE BELL, ET AL. v. EAST BATON ROUGE PARISH, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-C -2131 MELVIN DYSON, SR., ET AL. v. DR. KEVIN U. STEPHENS, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-C -2139 WALTER AND CAROLYN DOUGLAS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR DAUGHTER, SHAMETHA DOUGLAS v. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, MICHELLE M. ZEMBO, M.D., AND CHARLES B. HILL, M.D. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-2148 STATE EX REL. EUGENE DOUGLAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-C -2244 WARREN LESTER, ET AL. v. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, CHEVRON USA, INC., INTRACOASTAL TUBULAR SERVICES, INC., ALPHA TECHNICAL SERVICES, INC., OFS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KK-2247 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHRISTOPHER BROWDER (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-C -2265 DWAYNE HALEY v. CHERYL G. LEARY (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-CC-2394 BEVERLY FARMER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE PROVISIONAL TUTRIX OF VIRGINIA MARTIN ET AL. v. WILLIS-KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-CC-2395 M & M GAMING, INC., ET AL. v. LAFAYETTE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of St. Bernard)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />GUIDRY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-C -2396 BOSSIER PARISH SCHOOL BOARD v. RICHARD LEBLANC ARCHITECTS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Bossier)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-C -2398 SYBIL A. BOOTH, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS MOTHER AND NATURAL TUTRIX OF HER MINOR DAUGHTER, ANJANEE A. BOOTH v. ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND ROBERT WILLIAMS (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />CLARK, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-C -2410 AMERICAN CENTURY CASUALTY COMPANY, ET AL v. CHARLES F. SALE (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-CC-2417 DR. AND MRS. WAYNE PIERCE, ET AL. v. JESUIT HIGH SCHOOL (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-CC-2418 PERFORMANCE ENERGY GROUP, L.L.C. v. PIPELINE CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE, INC., GOM FABRICATORS, L.L.C., MICHAEL A. FESI, SR., MICHAEL A. FESI, JR., BARRETT DAZEE, STEVEN FONSECA AND HARVEY PERTUIT, JR. (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-C -2419 JONATHON GUILLORY v. PROGRESSIVE SECURITY INS. CO., ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KK-2438 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CASEY E. BATTS (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KK-2439 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MOREL G. LEMOINE DISTRIBUTORS, INC., MARTIN G. LEMOINE AND VERONICA LEMOINE (Parish of Pointe Coupee)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-C -2440 ERVIN MARTIN DAVIS, JR. v. PEOPLES BENEFIT LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KD-2441 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. AUGUST WILLIAMS (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant and docket.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KK-2442 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JEROME WHITE (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-C -2451 WALTER AND CAROLYN DOUGLAS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR DAUGHTER, SHAMETHA DOUGLAS v. CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL, MICHELLE M. ZEMBO, M.D., AND CHARLES B. HILL, M.D. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KK-2453 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DESMOND JOSEPH (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KK-2454 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLARENCE SINGLETON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-C -2460 LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY v. SHAMROCK DEMOLITION WASTE HAULERS OF LOUISIANA, LLC (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KK-2462 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GERALD CHINN (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KK-2464 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MATTHEW MILEY (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KK-2465 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES BERTRAND (Parish of Evangeline)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-C -2466 JOE CUPIT v. LYDA GILFOIL HERNANDEZ AND ISIDRO HERNANDEZ (Parish of Madison)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-C -2473 STEVEN W. RICHARDSON v. GEICO INDEMNITY COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-C -2519 JONATHON GUILLORY v. PROGRESSIVE SECURITY INS. CO., ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p>