<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 #016</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>16th day of March, 2012</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;">2012-CC-0603 SANDY ITELD, ET AL. v. FOUR CORNERS CONSTRUCTION, L.P., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>23rd 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:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-K -2238 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RICKY CURE (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-C -2638 JAMES MERCER v. NABORS DRILLING USA, L.P. (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 2)</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/2012/11K2223.pc.pdf">2011-K -2223 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DEMOND FITZGERALD COOK</a> (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</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;">2011-KP-1629 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TED SHERIDAN (Parish of Jefferson)<br />CLARK, J., would deny.</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/2012/11KH0601.pc.pdf">2011-KH-0601 STATE EX REL. CHAUNCEY CHRISTOPHER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>PETITION FOR CONSENT DISCIPLINE ACCEPTED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2012/12B0390.pc.pdf">2012-B -0390 IN RE: JOHN J. FINCKBEINER, JR.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2012/12B0396.pc.pdf">2012-B -0396 IN RE: MICHAEL S. ZERLIN</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>PETITION FOR PERMANENT RESIGNATION ACCEPTED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2012/12OB0392.pc.pdf">2012-OB-0392 IN RE: DAVID PORTER ADAMS</a></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-0387 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 11-PDB-075</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-C -0096 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MITCHELL LARCART (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0127 DROR INTERNATIONAL, L.P. AND NMI ENTERPRISES, INC. v. THUNDERVISION, L.L.C., INDIVIDUALLY AND D/B/A HOMES & GARDENS OF LOUISIANA MAGAZINE D/B/A LOUISIANA HEALTH MAGAZINE D/B/A LOUISIANA HOMES & GARDENS, ROGER W. SMITH AND DALE C. HIGGINS, JR. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0157 FRU-CON CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION v. XCHANGING AND OSCAR A. KIERUM, II (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 2)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0158 FRU-CON CONSTRUCTION CORPORATION v. CLARENCE MOORE (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 2)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2010-KH-2402 STATE EX REL. DERRICK NELLON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (PARISH OF JEFFERSON)</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-2209 STATE EX REL. CLEVELAND CUSHINGBERRY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0071 STATE EX REL. DEBBIE WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0622 STATE EX REL. MYRON HODGES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0828 STATE EX REL. LONNIE HINES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0829 STATE EX REL. DAVID BEDOYA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0830 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL D. FISH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0876 STATE EX REL. WILBERT VANBUREN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0877 STATE EX REL. FLOYD HARRIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0879 STATE EX REL. DAVID W. POYDRAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0880 STATE EX REL. ANTHONY ARMSTRONG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0881 STATE EX REL. GARY BRYANT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0902 STATE EX REL. CHARLES GRIMES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0904 STATE EX REL. ELVIS JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0907 STATE EX REL. RONNIE ALLEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0908 STATE EX REL. JOHN BRASHEARS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0909 STATE EX REL. ROBERT BUCKINGHAM v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0911 STATE EX REL. BILLY T. BLOW v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Desoto)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0916 STATE EX REL. BRYAN DODD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0917 STATE EX REL. ERNEST CHENEVERT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0918 STATE EX REL. ROGER DANIEL BRYAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Union)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0934 STATE EX REL. JOE NATHAN TUBBS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0935 STATE EX REL. DONALD ROBERTSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0936 STATE EX REL. VINCENT STEWART v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0937 STATE EX REL. EDMOND D. SPENCER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1180 STATE EX REL. BRANDON GRIFFIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1181 STATE EX REL. MARK S. CAMBRICE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KP-1223 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT JONES (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1270 STATE EX REL. ANDREW WETZEL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1274 STATE EX REL. FREDERICK WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1275 STATE EX REL. HENRY LA COUR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1282 STATE EX REL. JONATHAN JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1375 STATE EX REL. LAVAR NELSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1376 STATE EX REL. GLENN MICHAEL BRUNET v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1378 STATE EX REL. GEORGE ARKANSAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1382 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL WOODS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1385 STATE EX REL. LOUIS DAN HARGROVE, III v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Webster)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1389 STATE EX REL. CHRIS BARNES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />KNOLL, J., recused.<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1390 STATE EX REL. HASSON K. MITCHELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1393 STATE EX REL. RONALD E. COLEMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1407 STATE EX REL. TERRENCE BENOIT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1408 STATE EX REL. TOBY MATEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KP-1478 STATE EX REL. BOBBY LEE HAMPTON v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-1528 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSHUA SADLER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1565 STATE EX REL. CHRISTOPHER ARMSTEAD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KP-1717 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STEVEN CAMPBELL (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KP-1739 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WALTER J. COPELAND, JR. (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1746 STATE EX REL. ROBERT C. LETELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafourche)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KP-1767 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHRISTOPHER LANE FRANCOIS, SR. (Parish of St. Martin)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KP-1796 STATE EX REL. BOBBY LEE HAMPTON v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KP-1857 PHILLIP LANDE v. LYNN COOPER, WARDEN, AVOYELLES CORRECTIONAL CENTER (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KP-1877 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARCUS WILLIAMS (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KP-1935 STATE EX REL. BOBBY LEE HAMPTON v. BURL CAIN, WARDEN (Parish of Caddo)<br /><a href="/opinions/2012/11KP1935.bjj.grt.pdf">JOHNSON, J., would grant with written reasons.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KP-2055 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENDALL MILTON (Parish of St. Landry)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KP-2082 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. OLIVER HOWARD (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KP-2125 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GARY W. LAFLEUR, JR. (Parish of St. Landry)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-2159 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RANDY THOMPSON (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KP-2181 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL C. WILLIAMS, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-2208 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MITCHELL LOMAX BROXSON (Parish of Livingston)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KP-2389 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRACCARRIE RAMSEY (Parish of Jefferson)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-K -2600 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DEMOND FITZGERALD COOK (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0076 SAMUEL D. SILVERMAN, JR. v. WEATHERFORD INTERNATIONAL, INC. C/W SAMUEL D. SILVERMAN, JR. v. BJ SERVICES COMPANY (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 1W)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0103 CURTIS D. LEE v. SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY OF LOUISIANA AND HENRY LEE, JR. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0104 DENISE M. HORTON v. FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH OF HAMMOND, LOUISIANA AND JOSEPH M. DONAKEY (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0106 DR. RONNIE MATHEWS, M.D. AND MARY ELIZABETH BROUSSARD MATHEWS v. JOSEPH STEIB (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0108 FRANK MASANZ, JR. v. PREMIER NISSAN, L.L.C. AND CARLOS ZUNIGA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0122 CAROLE A. FEIL, MARILYN R. BARRY, AND JUDITH JAFFE v. GREATER LAKESIDE CORPORATION, A LOUISIANA CORPORATION (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0123 JOHN DOE, ET AL. v. UNIVERSITY HEALTHCARE SYSTEM L.C., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0124 EMETT BARBE, JR., ET AL. v. AMERICAN SUGAR REFINING, INC., AMSTAR CORPORATION, AMSTAR SUGAR CORPORATION, TATE & LYLE NORTH AMERICAN SUGARS, INC., AND DOMINO SUGAR COMPANY (Parish of St. Bernard)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0133 IAN DOUGLAS LINDSEY v. CHARLES C. FOTI, JR., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ATTORNEY GENERAL, STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0135 PHILLIP LYNN HALL v. FEDERATED MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0136 VIANNA F. ESTRELLA AND VICTOR ESTRELLA v. PHILIP R. VACCARO, SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, JANELLE TORBINO AND USAGENCIES CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. (Parish of St. John)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0137 CITI MORTGAGE, INC. v. NIKECIA CHASE AND LA. CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0140 BONNIE PALUMBO v. STEPHEN H. SHAPIRO, WILLIAM A. PIGG, THE LAW OFFICE OF JOSEPH CHARLES BARTELS, JOSEPH CHARLES BARTELS, MICHAEL IDOYAGA AND JAMES YATES (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0142 STURDY BUILT HOMES L.L.C. v. CARL E. WOODWARD L.L.C. D/B/A WOODWARD DESIGN+BUILD; TRAVELERS CASUALTY & SURETY COMPANY OF AMERICA N/K/A THE TRAVELERS COMPANIES, INC.; ED JORGENSEN; AND LANE LOUQUE (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0143 METCALFE & SONS INVESTMENTS, INC. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0145 DEVRA RENEE STOCKMAN v. MEDICAL TECHNOLOGY, INC. (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 2)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0149 MARK MERTENS, ET AL. v. CAMPO CREATIONS, LLC D/B/A JUMP-N-JIVE, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0150 CHARLES THIBODEAUX, ET AL. v. CITY OF BREAUX BRIDGE C/W CITY OF BREAUX BRIDGE v. CHARLES THIBODEAUX, ET AL. (Parish of St. Martin)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0174 CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S, LONDON SUBSCRIBING TO CERTIFICATE NO. GGAPKG4527 v. LIN'S PROPERTIES, LLC., A/D/A LIN'S PROPERTIES, LLC, ET AL. C/W LAN T. NGUYEN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE NATURAL TUTOR OF THERESA LAN THAO CAO, AND BANG VIET CAO v. LIN'S PROPERTY, LLC A/K/A LIN'S PROPERTIES, LLC, TOKYO HIBACHI GRILL & BAR, LLC, MEI QUING LIN, WAN WANG LIN, AND CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS AT LLOYD'S LONDON (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0175 ORLEANS DISTRICT REDEVELOPMENT CORPORATION v. OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, L.L.C. AND DOUGLAS CASTRO, THEIR HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND SUCCESSORS C/W LEHMAN BROTHERS HOLDINGS INC. v. ALLEN BORNE AND AUTHORIZED COLLECTOR OF AD VALOREM TAXES FOR THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0180 SUCCESSION OF EDWARD A. HORRELL, SR. C/W SUCCESSION OF EDWARD A. HORRELL, SR. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KK-0181 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSHUA P. BROWNING (Parish of Desoto)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0184 AURELIA LANDRY v. ROY L. CANTRELLE, DDS AND LOUISIANA DENTURE CENTER, INC. (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0186 WILLIE R. THOMAS AND VIRLEE THOMAS v. THERESA BERRY, ACCC INSURANCE COMPANY AND/OR AMERICAN CENTURY CASUALTY COMPANY, AND STATE FARM INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of West Feliciana)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0188 VIKING LAND HOLDINGS, L.L.C. v. METROPOLITAN LAND COMPANY, L.L.C., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-0442 STATE EX REL. NOLAN HUDSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p> </p>