<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 #041</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>24th day of June, 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;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KK-1233 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONTAE CREAR (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KK-1302 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STEVE GIVENS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>27th day of June, 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;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED IN PART; OTHERWISE DENIED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2011/11KK1269.pc.pdf">2011-KK-1269 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOEL WILLIAMS</a> (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., concurs in part and dissents in part for reasons assigned by Clark, J.<br /><a href="/opinions/2011/11KK1269.mrc.pdf">CLARK, J., concurs in part and dissents in part.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>29th day of June, 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;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2011/11KK1227.pc.pdf">2011-KK-1227 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRYL GRIFFIN</a> (Parish of Orleans)<br />KNOLL, J., would deny.<br />CLARK, J., would deny.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>CONSENT DISCIPLINE ACCEPTED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2011/11B1277.pc.pdf">2011-B -1277 IN RE: SHALOND NICHELLE ESSIX</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2011/11B1278.pc.pdf">2011-B -1278 IN RE: EDWIN M. SHORTY, JR.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS FOR PERMISSION TO TAKE THE BAR EXAM GRANTED WITH ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-OB-1343 IN RE: PAUL J. TANNER</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO TAKE THE BAR EXAM DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-OB-1328 IN RE: QUENDI DELAILA BALONEY<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-OB-1359 IN RE: ERIC J. BERGER<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR REHEARING DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KK-1128 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. IVORY GRACE (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant rehearing.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KK-1305 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANDRE SMITH (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CJ-1306 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF D. A. (Parish of E. 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;">2011-KK-1267 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH SMITH (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-OK-1303 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FREDERIC BIRGANS (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-1310 HESS CORPORATION v. ROBERT R. "BOBBY" GRAVOLET, ET AL. (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-1311 HILCORP ENERGY I, L.P. AND HILCORP ENERGY COMPANY v. ROBERT R. "BOBBY" GRAVOLET, ET AL. (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-1312 W&T OFFSHORE, INC. v. ROBERT R. "BOBBY" GRAVOLET, ET AL. (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-1313 TEXAS PETROLEUM INVESTMENT COMPANY v. ROBERT R. "BOBBY" GRAVOLET, ET AL. (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-1314 STONE ENERGY OFFSHORE, L.L.C. AND STONE ENERGY CORPORATION v. ROBERT R. "BOBBY" GRAVOLET, ET AL. (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-1315 COX INTERESTS, L.L.C. AND COX OPERATING, L.L.C. v. ROBERT R. "BOBBY" GRAVOLET, ET AL. (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-1316 CLAYTON WILLIAMS ENERGY, INC. v. ROBERT R. "BOBBY" GRAVOLET, ET AL. (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CC-1317 THE BASS PARTNERSHIP, BEPCO, L.P. AND BOPCO, L.P. v. ROBERT R. "BOBBY" GRAVOLET, ET AL. (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>30th day of June, 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;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KK-1410 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SHEILA KELLER (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>1st day of July, 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;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR CERTIFIED QUESTION GRANTED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CQ-1039 MCI COMMUNICATIONS SERVICES, INC. v. WAYNE HAGAN AND JAMES JOUBERT (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS GRANTED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0084 GINGER HINCH DURIO v. HORACE MANN INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0853 ROGER E. PRICE, ET AL. v. ROY O. MARTIN, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -1003 NAKISHA CREDIT AND KEVIN CREDIT, SR., INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR CHILDREN, ADRIENNE BREANA HOWARD, KAYLIN HOWARD AND KEVIN CREDIT, JR. v. RICHLAND PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, STATE FARM MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, CATHY STOCKTON, GEORGIA INEICHEN, LARRY WRIGHT, SR., SAMUEL G. HESSER, RAYVILLE HIGH SCHOOL, XYZ DUTY TEACHERS, GAIL MCCLAIN AS THE MOTHER OF COURTNEY MCCLAIN, RICHLAND CAREER CENTER AT ARCHIBALD, AND AMY DOE AS THE MOTHER OF LEBARON SLEDGE (Parish of Richland)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2011/11C0678.pc.pdf">2011-C -0678 REBECCA SIMS, ET AL. v. TONYA HAWKINS-SHEPPARD, M.D., ET AL.</a> (Parish of Ouachita)<br /><a href="/opinions/2011/11C0678.bjj.dis.pdf">JOHNSON, J., dissents and assigns reasons.</a></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;">2011-O -1062 STATE EX REL. ARTHUR WILLIAMS v. JUDICIARY COMMISSION OF LOUISIANA<br />GUIDRY, J., would deny.<br />CLARK, J., would deny.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-CC-0260 VANESSA REECE AND RAMON REECE v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />GUIDRY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KK-0822 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEVIN SCOTT (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0942 R. ALAN KITE v. JEFFREY D. KITE AND TRANSAMERICA OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Beauregard)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -1001 R. ALAN KITE v. JEFFREY D. KITE AND TRANSAMERICA OCCIDENTAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Beauregard)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -1004 TOMMY G. HILLMAN v. THOMAS M. ANDRUS, ET UX. (Parish of Evangeline)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant the writ.</p><p> </p>