<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 #012</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>2nd day of March, 2012</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>STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0469 JOHN OLESZKOWICZ v. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, EXXON MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, HUMBLE INCORPORATED AND INTRACOASTAL TUBULAR SERVICES, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0471 JOHN OLESZKOWICZ v. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, EXXON MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, HUMBLE INCORPORATED, AND INTRACOASTAL TUBULAR SERVICE, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>7th day of March, 2012</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>CONSENT DISCIPLINE ACCEPTED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2012/12B0371.pc.pdf">2012-B -0371 IN RE: JOHN S. ALFORD</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>PETITION TO TRANSFER TO DISABILITY INACTIVE STATUS GRANTED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2012/12OB0506.pc.pdf">2012-OB-0506 IN RE: RAY W. TALLEY</a></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;">2012-KK-0222 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES FRANKLIN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0268 TERRY CAMPBELL, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED TAX PAYERS v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE AMITE RIVER BASIN DRAINAGE AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0272 TERRY CAMPBELL, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED TAX PAYERS v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE AMITE RIVER BASIN DRAINAGE AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0281 TERRY CAMPBELL, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED TAX PAYERS v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE AMITE RIVER BASIN DRAINAGE AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0298 TERRY CAMPBELL, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL THOSE SIMILARLY SITUATED TAX PAYERS v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR THE AMITE RIVER BASIN DRAINAGE AND WATER CONSERVATION DISTRICT, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0512 BERYLE JAMES PATIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, LOUISIANA ATTORNEY GERNERAL'S OFFICE (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;">2012-CJ-0388 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF THE MINOR CHILD: C.A.C (Parish of St. Bernard)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CJ-0403 PERRY M. WESTBROOK v. KATHERINE BROUSSARD WEIBEL (Parish of Vernon)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CJ-0416 RICHARD L. GILL v. GABRIELLE A. BENNETT & LAURIE BRIDGES (Parish of Vernon)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KK-0435 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRANDON MCELVEEN & RAYMOND MCELVEEN (Parish of Orleans)<br />CLARK, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KK-0436 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CARL PRIMAS (Parish of Orleans)<br />CLARK, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KK-0511 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FRANK DANIELS (Parish of Orleans)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>9th day of March, 2012</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/2012/11C2793.pc.pdf">2011-C -2793 KIETA ALEXANDER, RONALD CLAYTON, SR. AND GLORIA TRAVIS v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION, NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY CO., ALABAMA GREAT SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, CELANESE, LTD., NOVEON, INC., THE COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC COMPANY AND UNION TANK CAR COMPANY C/W LARRY A. CAGER, ET AL. v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILROAD COMPANY ET AL. C/W MICHAEL NOBLE, ET AL. v. NORFOLK ROUTHERN RAILROAD CORPORATION, ET AL. C/W AUDRY T. COLIN, ET AL. v. NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION, ET AL. C/W ANTHONY CONGRESS, ET AL. v. CELTRAN, INC., ET AL.</a> (Parish of Orleans)<br /><a href="/opinions/2012/11C2793.bjj.dis.pdf">JOHNSON, J., dissents and would deny the writ.</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2012/11C2793.jtk.dis.pdf">KNOLL, J., dissents and would deny the writ.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2012/11C2841.pc.pdf">2011-C -2841 JOHN J. HUNTER v. LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE ON BEHALF OF LOUISIANA HEALTH CARE SERVICES CENTER FOR UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL AT NEW ORLEANS A/K/A UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2012/12CC0074.pc.pdf">2012-CC-0074 EMILE DAVID LABORDE, II, ET AL. v. SHELTER MUTUAL INSURANCE CO., ET AL.</a> (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2012/12KK0294.pc.pdf">2012-KK-0294 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TYRONE LIVAS</a> (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., would deny.<br />WEIMER, J., would order a per curiam from the trial judge before resolving this writ.</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/2012/11KK2585.pc.pdf">2011-KK-2585 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRYAN HILL</a> (Parish of Orleans)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant and docket.<br />JOHNSON, J., would deny.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED IN PART; OTHERWISE DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-OK-1837 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALEX JOSEPH STERLING (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>TRANSFERRED TO THE COURT OF APPEAL:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0666 STATE EX REL. DONALD TAYLOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. John)<br />WEIMER, J., concurs in part and dissents in part for the reasons assigned in State v. Cordero, 08-1717 (La. 10-03-08), 993 So.2d 203.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-OB-0167 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 11-PDB-056</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>LEAVE TO APPEAL DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-OB-0105 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NOS. 09-PDB-099 AND 09-PDB-100</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-OB-0324 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 11-PDB-086</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0082 VINOD MISTRY & NATILA MISTRY v. DESAI HOLDINGS, LLC (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0203 VINOD MISTRY & NATILA MISTRY v. DESAI HOLDINGS, LLC (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION NOT CONSIDERED:<br /></strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -0602 BEVERLY A. BLAKE, JAMARCUS BLAKE AND NATASHA VALLEY v. DR. WARREN MALEY C/W MEDICAL MALPRACTICE MATTER OF BARRY BLAKE (D) PCF NO. 2009-01115 (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-2469 STATE EX REL. KIRT K. HALL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-2539 STATE EX REL. TERRENCE K. BENOIT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-2456 STATE EX REL. STEVEN A. WHITLOCK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-C -2636 DEL DEAN DAVID ET UX. v. VELSICOL CHEM. CORP. AND WILHELM v. MOSAIC GLOBAL OPERATIONS (Parish of Vermilion)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />CLARK, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0694 STATE EX REL. GEOFFREY EASON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Webster)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0696 STATE EX REL. ROLAND JOSEPH PELTIER, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CI-0724 TIMOTHY HUGH QUEEN v. O.S. NUGENT, ASST. WARDEN C/W TIMOTHY HUGH QUEEN v. JEFFREY MILLER, ASST. WARDEN C/W TIMOTHY HUGH QUEEN v. O.S. NUGENT, ASST. WARDEN (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CI-0800 JOSEPH V. FOSTER v. LOUISIANA DEPT. OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONS, AND DAVID WADE CORRECTIONAL CENTER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0825 STATE EX REL. DAVID WAYNE POYDRAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0826 STATE EX REL. SAMUEL ROSS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0827 STATE EX REL. DONALD L. WILLIAMS, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1028 STATE EX REL. KEVIN WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1046 STATE EX REL. CLARENCE WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1115 STATE EX REL. CHANSE CEASAR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1116 STATE EX REL. KELLY RAYMOND v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1187 STATE EX REL. WALTER BAILEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1202 STATE EX REL. RICKY D. DAVIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1203 STATE EX REL. STEVE JOSEPH JANISE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson Davis)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1204 STATE EX REL. JAVIS K. COUTEAU v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Assumption)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1205 STATE EX REL. LIONEL BONNER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1206 STATE EX REL. RONNIE WHITE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1220 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL RHODES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bienville)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1243 STATE EX REL. CHARLES H. PARKER, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Franklin)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1244 STATE EX REL. RICHARD HANNON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CI-1250 CHARLES HARDIN v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1374 STATE EX REL. EVERETT K. TAYLOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1377 STATE EX REL. FREDDIE LEE ROSS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1379 STATE EX REL. ALONZO JASON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1381 STATE EX REL. LAZANDY DANIELS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1383 STATE EX REL. RONALD MARSHALL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1384 STATE EX REL. TERRY WAYNE FARRIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Allen)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1386 STATE EX REL. KEITH LIPTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1387 STATE EX REL. BERNIS T. BROWN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1391 STATE EX REL. RUSSELL GENE WARE, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1392 STATE EX REL. SHAWN CLARK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1394 STATE EX REL. GLORIA GATES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1396 STATE EX REL. DWAYNE SIMMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1397 STATE EX REL. RONALD BURD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-2138 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PAUL S. HOLLAND (Parish of Cameron)<br />GUIDRY, J., would grant writ but deny relief on the merits.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-2293 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEON BROWN (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-2304 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NICHOLAS LOYD YOUNG (Parish of Bossier)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-2306 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES H. DONALDSON (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-2316 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RAYSHAUD E. GREEN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-2317 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES C. LEWIS, JR. (Parish of Lincoln)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-K -2339 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROY PARKER (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-2347 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LARRY ESQUE (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-2386 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TANESHA HARDY (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-K -2405 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SHAWN SHELTON (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-2448 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FRANCISCO FIGUEREDO-QUINTERO (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-2449 STATE OF LOUISISNA v. ELJUAN DAVETT BOWIE (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-K -2469 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT JAMES JACOBS (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0042 TONI NIZZO v. PHYLLIS FOREST WALLACE (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0047 BILLY CARRIER v. CITY OF EUNICE (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 4)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0048 CECE SLOAN v. RENEE MOUTON, ET AL. (Parish of St. Landry)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0055 BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AND AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE v. ANIS ASSAF ABDELGHANI, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0070 BILLY CARRIER v. CITY OF EUNICE (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 4)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0072 GEORGE MCCARTHY, ET AL. v. ENTERGY GULF STATES, INC. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0073 ROYD MENARD v. IBERIA PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 9)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0075 STEVEN P. GUILLORY, ET UX. v. CHRISTOPHER P. SAUCIER, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0077 EVANSTON INSURANCE COMPANY v. DAVID KIMMEL, UNGARINO & ECKERT, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, L.L.C. AND CONTINENTAL CASUALTY COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0079 JISELE MILLS v. RETIF/MANDEVILLE, LLC, KENNETH J. RETIF, AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0081 STEVEN P. GUILLORY, ET UX. v. CHRISTOPHER P. SAUCIER, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0094 MELISSA MIGLIORE, WIFE OF/AND GEORGE MIGLIORE v. JAVED I. GILL AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KK-0254 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FRANKLIN MEREDITH, JR. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KK-0258 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FRANKLIN MEREDITH, JR. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />GUIDRY, J., would grant.<br />CLARK, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CJ-0265 DONALD BRUNT v. LISA OSTIC ABERNATHY (Parish of Vernon)</p><p> </p>