<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 #023</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>20th day of April, 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 RECALLED; WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0257 LOUISIANA DEMOCRATS, ET AL. v. THE LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br /><a href="/opinions/2012/12CC273.bjj.reasons.pdf">JOHNSON, J., would grant with written reasons.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0260 LOUISIANA DEMOCRATS, ET AL. v. THE LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br /><a href="/opinions/2012/12CC273.bjj.reasons.pdf">JOHNSON, J., would grant with written reasons.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0266 LOUISIANA DEMOCRATS, ET AL. v. THE LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br /><a href="/opinions/2012/12CC273.bjj.reasons.pdf">JOHNSON, J., would grant with written reasons.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0273 LOUISIANA DEMOCRATS, ET AL. v. THE LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br /><a href="/opinions/2012/12CC273.bjj.reasons.pdf">JOHNSON, J., would grant with written reasons.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0325 LOUISIANA DEMOCRATS, ET AL. v. THE LOUISIANA BOARD OF ETHICS, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br /><a href="/opinions/2012/12CC273.bjj.reasons.pdf">JOHNSON, J., would grant with written reasons.</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>25th day of April, 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>INTERIM SUSPENSION VACATED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2012/11B1891.pc.pdf">2011-B -1891 IN RE: JAMES A. WOOD</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>INTERIM SUSPENSION GRANTED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2012/12B0874.pc.pdf">2012-B -0874 IN RE: MICHAEL KEVIN POWELL</a></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/2012/12B0617.pc.pdf">2012-B -0617 IN RE: JOHN E. SETTLE, JR.</a></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/2012/12OB0883.pc.pdf">2012-OB-0883 IN RE: LAMARRE TRAVAIL ELDER</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2012/12OB0907.pc.pdf">2012-OB-0907 IN RE: RICKY D. SMITH</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/2012/12OB0882.pc.pdf">2012-OB-0882 IN RE: JAMES A. WOOD</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>27th day of April, 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>PETITION TO CERTIFY QUESTION TO SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA GRANTED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CQ-0453 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. R.W.B. (Parish of Calcasieu)</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/2012/12B0688.pc.pdf">2012-B -0688 IN RE: GREGORY B. DEAN</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0513 KIRK E. PREST, ET AL. v. LOUISIANA CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED IN PART; DENIED IN PART:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1956 STATE EX REL. ZZEUNDRE BABBINBENELL JACOBS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)</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;"><a href="/opinions/2012/11KK2670.pc.pdf">2011-KK-2670 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES A. MCCORMICK</a> (Parish of Ouachita)<br />See Per Curiam.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KK-0507 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DANIELLE S. OELMANN (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2012/12C0555.pc.pdf">2012-C -0555 OSCAR J. TOLMAS v. PARISH OF JEFFERSON</a> (Parish of Jefferson)<br />See Per Curiam.</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 -0609 JANICE DICKERSON v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-OB-0714 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 2012-ADMIN-0158</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-OB-0715 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 2012-ADMIN-0159</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-OB-0716 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 2012-ADMIN-0157</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CI-0406 THOMAS BILLARD v. RHONDA KLING, RECORD ANALYSIS, ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0541 STATE EX REL. LOUIE M. SCHEXNAYDER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</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-1079 STATE EX REL. ZENOVIA TURNER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</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-K -1920 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. AARON B. HILL (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1373 STATE EX REL. VINCENT MARK CASTILLO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1572 STATE EX REL. DAVEDE L. DAVILLIER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1575 STATE EX REL. DAVEDE L. DAVILLIER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1576 STATE EX REL. DAVEDE L. DAVILLIER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-K -1597 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. VINCENT PATRICK BALL (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1770 STATE EX REL. RAYMOND CHARLES FOSTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1775 STATE EX REL. ANDREW HARVEY, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1777 STATE EX REL. HARRY LEE RICHARDSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1780 STATE EX REL. JAMES EARL FRANKLIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lincoln)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1802 STATE EX REL. EDWARD MCMILLAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1807 STATE EX REL. CHARLES HARDIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1817 STATE EX REL. ARTHUR WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1818 STATE EX REL. GREGORY J. CHISOLM v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberville)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1822 STATE EX REL. MARLON HARRIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1828 STATE EX REL. JOHN EFFIT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1829 STATE EX REL. CHRISTOPHER E. SANBORN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1830 STATE EX REL. WILBERT G. GREEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1839 STATE EX REL. PHILLIP DAVIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1840 STATE EX REL. SYLVESTER MEAD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1850 STATE EX REL. JOSEPH BROWN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1851 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL BARTLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1852 STATE EX REL. DEREK JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1862 STATE EX REL. SAMUEL JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1863 STATE EX REL. BRANDON TWILLIE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1864 STATE EX REL. CARSON W. THOMAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of East Feliciana)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1872 STATE EX REL. JODY L. SWAFFORD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1873 STATE EX REL. NAMICHA LACEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1893 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1894 STATE EX REL. KEVIN L. GOLDSTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-K -1900 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JORGE ESTRADA (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1903 STATE EX REL. CHARLES LEE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1905 STATE EX REL. LISA PEREZ v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1906 STATE EX REL. JAYVONTE T. PINES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1908 STATE EX REL. KENDALL PAUL DAVIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Martin)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1916 STATE EX REL. ANNIE LEE MAMON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lincoln)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1917 STATE EX REL. JOHN S. WELLS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1938 STATE EX REL. LUTGARDO SILVA v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CI-1943 TIMOTHY HUGH QUEEN v. H. GREGORY TETE, SR. WARDEN (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1955 STATE EX REL. VIRGIL L. SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-1958 STATE EX REL. WARREN B. BRISBON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-2305 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALVIN WASHINGTON (Parish of Webster)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-2348 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GREGORY GLENN CALDWELL (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-K -2379 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT E. TURNER III (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-CK-2529 STATE IN THE INTEREST OF T.D. (Parish of Orleans)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-K -2723 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TORIANO Z. KELLY (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-K -2743 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PATRICK WILSON (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-K -2780 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JACQUE NAILOR (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-2794 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TOMMY JOSEPH CULLIER (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KO-2807 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROGER L. RICHARDS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KO-0006 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRY RAY ELMORE (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KO-0092 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JERMAINE PEAYRE CARTER (Parish of Bossier)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0339 THOMAS LEMELLE v. ST. CHARLES GAMING COMPANY, INC. (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0402 CHRISTINA A. HOYT HUTTO, ET AL. v. MCNEIL-PPC, INC., ET AL. (Parish of St. Landry)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0421 LORETTA BOURGEOIS, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER DECEASED SON, CLIFTON RIVERA v. RIVERBEND WELLNESS CENTER, INC. D/B/A HORIZON PAIN MANAGEMENT AND D/B/A RIVERBEND WELLNESS CENTER, WILLIAM P. HUDSON, M.D., KEITH WILLIAM BLACKMAN, M.D., SUSAN FRANCES JULIUS, M.D., AND MARY KATHLEEN CROSSLEY-MILLER (Parish of Jefferson)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />CLARK, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0522 JAMES GAUNT HUSBAND OF/AND CAROLINE MAINIT GAUNT v. PROGRESSIVE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, REPUBLIC WESTERN INSURANCE COMPANY, CITGO SNACK AND PACK, OMAR ERAZO AND U-HAUL INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0524 DEBORAH K. HARPER AND CALVIN W. HARPER v. CLAUDE MINOR, M.D., HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF LOUISIANA, D/B/A NORTH MONROE HOSPITAL AND UNKNOWN INSURANCE CARRIERS (Parish of Ouachita)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />CLARK, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0528 DEBORAH K. HARPER AND CALVIN W. HARPER v. CLAUDE MINOR, M.D., HCA HEALTH SERVICES OF LOUISIANA, D/B/A NORTH MONROE HOSPITAL AND UNKNOWN INSURANCE CARRIERS (Parish of Ouachita)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />CLARK, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0604 JARRETT TAYLOR, KELLEYE TAYLOR, RICHARD SEYMOUR AND VICKIE SEYMOUR v. THE CITY OF BOGALUSA (Parish of Washington)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0608 PATRICIA GRANT, WIFE OF/AND RICHARD GRANT, ET AL, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED v. SUN CONSTRUCTION, LLC; PENN MILL LAKES, LLC; SUNRISE CONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT, LLC; AND COOPER ENGINEERING, INC., A PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERING CORPORATION (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0614 WAYNE JOSEPH ST. PIERRE v. NORTHROP GRUMMAN SHIPBUILDING, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0616 MICHAEL O. READ v. WILLWOODS COMMUNITY (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0618 REGINA EDWARDS v. AUTO SPA, LLC. AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Ascension)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KK-0621 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DAVID MATHIS (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0624 DOLORES N. BUFORD AND CEDRICK E. BUFORD v. JOHN H. WILLIAMS, JR. AND UNIVERSAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC. AS OWNER/ OPERATOR OF RIVER OAKS HOSPITAL (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KK-0634 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BLAINE S. JOHNSON (Parish of Jefferson)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0637 JUDY A. WALKER v. III, L.L.C. OF MISSISSIPPI, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0638 JACK DUTY v. LOUISIANA FIREFIGHTERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM AND CITY OF NATCHITOCHES (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KK-0639 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RENE SALAZAR (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-0643 THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, ET AL. v. GWENDOLYN D. ENGLAND, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -0658 RISING RESOURCES CONTROL, INC. v. KIE COMMODITIES AND FINANCE, L.L.C. AND DENNIS MCLAIN (Parish of St. Mary)</p><div></div><p> </p><p> </p>