<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 #031</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 align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">On the<span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong> 18th day of May, 2011</strong></span>, the following actions were taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</span></strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-0906 EDDY OLIVER, OSCARLENE NIXON AND MILDRED GOODWIN, ET AL. v. ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-0997 IN RE: APPEAL OF ANR PIPELINE COMPANY (Parish of Washington)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant motion to reduce costs for appeal.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KD-0959 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RONALD SEWELL (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-1020 FERDINAND TRUXILLO, JR. v. ALBERT BOSSIER, AS AN EXECUTIVE OFFICER OF AVONDALE INDUSTRIES, INC., 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>19th day of May, 2011, </strong></span>the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case listed below:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</span></strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-0991 BYARD EDWARDS, JR. v. LOUISIANA FARM BUREAU MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Tangipahoa)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.<br />GUIDRY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>20th day of May, 2011,</strong></span> the following actions were taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED WITH ORDER:</span></strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0591 JAMES MERCER v. NABORS DRILLING USA, LP (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 2)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0627 DEWAYNE WESLEY WRIGHT v. WILLIS-KNIGHTON MEDICAL CENTER, ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION NOT CONSIDERED:</span></strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-0723 MICHAEL AND CHRISTINE DAUZAT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Avoyelles)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</span></strong></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KH-1477 STATE EX REL. DARREL HUDSON JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ascension)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2009-KH-2601 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL J. DRIGHT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-1121 STATE EX REL. DAVID SANTOS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-1131 STATE EX REL. FRANCIS HOTARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-1137 STATE EX REL. JASON C. WALSTRUM v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-1138 STATE EX REL. TYRONE LOMAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ascension)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-1143 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL RICHARDSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-1146 STATE EX REL. CHRISHON M. ARCHIELD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Beauregard)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-1147 STATE EX REL. DAVID JACOBSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Beauregard)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-1148 STATE EX REL. WILLIE ROGERS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. John)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-1159 STATE EX REL. TONKA HAYNES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-1160 STATE EX REL. FRANCIS LONCAR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Concordia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KP-1163 JOHN D. FLOYD v. BURL CAINE, WARDEN (Parish of Orleans)<br /><a href="/opinions/2011/10KP1163.bjj.pdf">JOHNSON, J., would grant with reasons.</a><br />KNOLL, J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-1174 STATE EX REL. VINCENT SIMMONS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Avoyelles)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-1175 STATE EX REL. TYRONE JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-1178 STATE EX REL. JOSEPH THOMAS SAVOIE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Martin)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-1180 STATE EX REL. RANDY RAY CARSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-1181 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL JOHN SOPCZAK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-1182 STATE EX REL. HENRY HICKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KO-1549 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRIN ROBINSON (Parish of East Feliciana)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KO-2752 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSHUA THOMAS (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-0062 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GILES MCGHEE (Parish of Avoyelles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CK-0066 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF I. P. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-K -0089 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRYAN GUILBEAU (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-0106 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DELLOYD RAYFIELD (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-0111 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN MORGAN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-0113 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DAVID LEE KESSLER (Parish of Bossier)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0177 IN THE MATTER OF THE MASHBURN MARITAL TRUST (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0362 MIRIAM STAGNER UPCHURCH, ET AL. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0363 MIRIAM STAGNER UPCHURCH, ET AL. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-0435 LILLIAN MIRE, WAYNE MIRE AND SUZIE O'KEEFFE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR DECEASED SPOUSE AND FATHER, LOUIS JOSEPH MIRE v. REGENCY PLACE NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER (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;">2011-CC-0439 LILLIAN MIRE, WAYNE MIRE AND SUZIE O'KEEFFE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR DECEASED SPOUSE AND FATHER, LOUIS JOSEPH MIRE v. REGENCY PLACE NURSING & REHABILITATION CENTER (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;">2011-KK-0452 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DOMINIC ROBINSON (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KK-0464 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALLEN SNYDER (Parish of Jefferson)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-0466 RAYMOND RAMOS A/K/A ANGEL CORDOBA v. JB JAMES CONSTRUCTION CO., LLC AND THE GRAY INSURANCE COMPANY (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 6)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0474 IN THE MATTER OF THE MASHBURN MARITAL TRUSTS (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0490 IN THE MATTER OF THE MASHBURN MARITAL TRUST (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-0618 MOORE, THOMPSON, LEE & BROYLES v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, PROGRESSIVE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, AND AMY PORCHE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR DAUGHTER, EMILY BROSSETT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-0620 MOORE, THOMPSON, LEE & BROYLES v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, PROGRESSIVE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, AND AMY PORCHE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR DAUGHTER, EMILY BROSSETT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CP-0646 SCOTT THOMPSON v. SUSAN MOLINARI (Parish of St. Martin)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0677 LYNDON G. DOYLE, ET AL. v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0679 JULIA NICHOLSON v. HORSESHOE ENTERTAINMENT, LOUISIANA PARTNERSHIP (Parish of Bossier)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-0681 DILLARD UNIVERSITY v. ROBERT GRAVOIS AND CRAIG WEBRE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS EX-OFFICIO TAX COLLECTOR FOR THE PARISH OF LAFOURCHE (Parish of Lafourche)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0688 KIM SAACKS v. TARGET CORPORATION D/B/A TARGET STORE T-1449 AND RICHARDS CLEARVIEW, L.L.C. D/B/A CLEARVIEW SHOPPING CENTER (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KK-0692 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARCUS JACKSON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0713 RENT-A-CENTER EAST, INC. v. LINCOLN PARISH SALES & USE TAX COMMISSION AND JERRY W. MOORE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE LINCOLN PARISH SALES & USE TAX COMMISSION (Parish of Lincoln)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0717 NEUMIN PRODUCTION COMPANY, ET AL. v. TIGER BEND, LTD., ET AL. (Parish of Evangeline)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0721 NATHANIEL GOINES, JR. v. DIANNE B. GOINES (Parish of St. John)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-0728 NONESIA MAY v. GREGORY D. DUNN, SR., GRAVES CHEVROLET, INC. AND SENTRY SELECT INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0732 CARLOS REYES-SILVA v. DRILLCHEM DRILLING SOLUTIONS, LLC (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0738 MICHELE SKINNER AND KATHRYN SKINNER v. AGGRESSOR FLEET, LIMITED, AGGRESSOR FLEET FRANCHISING, INC., AGGRESSORS INTERNATIONAL, LTD., GALAPAGOS AGGRESSOR, GALAMAZONAS S.A., WAYNE HASSON, CHRIS SANTIAGO, CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYDS, LONDON AND THE SHIPOWNERS' MUTUAL PROTECTION AND INDEMNITY ASSOCIATION (LUXEMBOURG) C/W PATRICIA ANNE SKINNER v. AGGRESSOR FLEET, LIMITED, ET AL. C/W PAULINE PENG SKINNER, INDIVIDUALLY AS PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATE OF ROBERT F.L. SKINNER, AND AS REPRESENTATIVE, GUARDIAN AND NATURAL TUTRIX OF HER MINOR DAUGHTER, MEREDITH F.K. SKINNER v. AGGRESSOR FLEET, LIMITED, ET AL. C/W PATRICIA ANNE SKINNER v. AGGRESSOR FLEET, LIMITED, ET AL. C/W MICHELLE SKINNER AND KATHRYN SKINNER v. AGGRESSOR FLEET, LIMITED, ET AL. C/W PAULINE PENG SKINNER, ET AL. v. AGGRESSOR FLEET, LIMITED, ET AL. (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KK-0739 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTONIO THOMAS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-0742 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE v. 2226 CANAL STREET, L.L.C., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-0743 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE v. 201 SOUTH MIRO STREET, L.L.C., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-0744 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE v. 2300 CANAL STREET, L.L.C., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-0745 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE v. PFD THREE, L.L.C., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-0746 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE v. PFD ONE, L.L.C., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0747 THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY v. GEISMAR SPECIALTY PRODUCTS, LLC (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KK-0776 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CRYSTAL BUTLER (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KP-0777 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EMMITT HILLS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0779 STATE EX REL. THOMAS FORD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KK-0812 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JERRY DANTIN (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0818 IN THE MATTER OF THE MASHBURN MARITAL TRUSTS (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0844 STATE EX REL. VINCENT M. CASTILLO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KK-0899 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ERIC WILSON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KD-0922 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT CARLEY, ET AL. (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KD-0952 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT CARLEY, ET AL. (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p> </p>