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<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 #059</div></td></tr><tr valign="top"><td valign="top">FROM: CLERK OF SUPREME COURT OF LOUISIANA</td><td valign="top">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table>&nbsp;On the&nbsp;9th day of October, 2012, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case listed below:PETITION FOR INTERIM SUSPENSION GRANTED; SEE ORDER:<a href="/opinions/2012/12B2170.pc.pdf">2012-B -2170	IN RE: JEANANNE R. SELF</a> JOHNSON, J., would order an expedited hearing. WEIMER, J., would order an expedited hearing.&nbsp;On the&nbsp;10th day of October, 2012, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case listed below:WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED WITH ORDER:2012-KK-2179	STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JERONNE SMITH (Parish of Orleans) JOHNSON, J., would deny. WEIMER, J., would deny.&nbsp;On the&nbsp;12th day of October, 2012, the following actions were taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:PETITION TO TRANSFER FEES GRANTED:2012-OB-2150	IN RE: COLIN A. FLEMINGPETITION FOR IMPOSITION OF RECIPROCAL DISCIPLINE GRANTED; SEE PER CURIAM:<a href="/opinions/2012/12B1728.pc.pdf">2012-B -1728	IN RE: JEFFREY WAYNE DAVIDSON</a>JOINT PETITIONS FOR CONSENT DISCIPLINE ACCEPTED; SEE PER CURIAM:<a href="/opinions/2012/12B1973.pc.pdf">2012-B -1973	IN RE: SCOTT E. OLIPHANT</a><a href="/opinions/2012/12B2002.pc.pdf">2012-B -2002	IN RE: STEVEN C. COWARD</a><a href="/opinions/2012/12B2040.pc.pdf">2012-B -2040	IN RE: BRIAN L. MCCULLOUGH</a>SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:<a href="/opinions/2012/12B1701.pc.pdf">2012-B -1701	IN RE: JOHNNIE JONES, JR.</a>PETITION FOR INTERIM SUSPENSION DENIED; SEE ORDER:<a href="/opinions/2012/12B1729.pc.pdf">2012-B -1729	IN RE: WILLIAM HARRELL ARATA</a>WRIT APPLICATIONS GRANTED; SEE PER CURIAM:<a href="/opinions/2012/11KP1810.pc.pdf">2011-KP-1810	STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EMERSON W. SIMMONS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<a href="/opinions/2012/11K2260.pc.pdf">2011-K -2260	STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JARED GRAHAM</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)<a href="/opinions/2012/12C1490.pc.pdf">2012-C -1490	KENNETH N. HAWKINS v. UNUM LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette) JOHNSON, J., would deny.WRIT APPLICATIONS GRANTED WITH ORDER:2012-C -1250	VERONICA GILES v. OAKDALE HEALTHCARE SYSTEMS, LLC, ET AL. (Parish of Allen) JOHNSON, J., would deny. KNOLL, J., would deny. WEIMER, J., would deny.2012-CC-1534	NORETTA THOMAS AND DEMETRICE BUTLER, EACH INDIVIDUALLY, AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED v. A. WILBERT &amp; SONS, INC., LLC AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY C/W TROY ROBICHAUX, SHANNON ROBICHAUX, MICHAEL J. TUMINELLO, SR., AND OLIVE D. TUMINELLO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HOSPITALS AND THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY AND DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY (Parish of Iberville)WRIT APPLICATION NOT CONSIDERED:2012-K -0922	STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JERMAINE CHRISTOPHER BROWN (Parish of Tangipahoa)WRIT APPLICATION TRANSFERRED TO THE COURT OF APPEAL:2012-KH-2154	STATE EX REL. STEPHEN LANPHIER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)WRIT APPLICATION TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT:2012-KH-2161	STATE EX REL. JAUVE' COLLINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:2012-KH-0089	STATE EX REL. TELLY GUILLORY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana) WEIMER, J., recused.WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:2011-KH-2091	STATE EX REL. JOSEPH CROSBY, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary) WEIMER, J., would grant.2011-KH-2169	STATE EX REL. NICKEY A. LANDOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)2011-KH-2765	STATE EX REL. EDDIE C. JOHNSON, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)2012-C -0101	THE CITY OF BOSSIER CITY v. PHILLIP VERNON AND THE CITY OF BOSSIER CITY FIRE AND POLICE CIVIL SERVICE BOARD C/W OFFICER PHILLIP VERNON v. CITY OF BOSSIER CITY (Parish of Bossier)2012-KH-0399	STATE EX REL. PETER R. RUBENS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)2012-KO-0537	STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GREGORY DWAYNE HARRELL (Parish of Rapides)2012-KH-0655	STATE OF EX REL. VASCHON S. BLOUNT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberia)2012-KH-0669	STATE EX REL. HARRY J. CARRABY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)2012-KO-0860	STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CLIFFORD PIERCE (Parish of Orleans)2012-KO-0914	STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JASON DAUZART (Parish of Orleans)2012-K -0947	STATE OF LOUISIANA v. THOMAS J. COOPER (Parish of Jefferson)2012-KH-0986	STATE EX REL. JOHNNIE MARK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)2012-KO-0998	STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRANDON DORSEY (Parish of Jefferson)2012-KH-1010	STATE EX REL. CLIFTON L. BOWERS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Beauregard)2012-KH-1088	STATE EX REL. PRESTON RUSSELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)2012-KH-1186	STATE EX REL. SAMUEL SMALLWOOD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)2012-KH-1190	STATE EX REL. JIMMY MORCHAN TURNER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Sabine)2012-KH-1220	STATE EX REL. TROY HARRIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)2012-KH-1224	STATE EX REL. HASSAN A. ABDUL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)2012-KH-1226	STATE EX REL. HASSAN A. ABDUL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)2012-KH-1270	STATE EX REL. JOE RAYMOND HAWTHORNE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)2012-KH-1271	STATE EX REL. CRAIG JAMES FRANCOIS, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Martin)2012-KH-1274	STATE EX REL. GREGORY JOHN RUIZ v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Iberia)2012-KH-1278	STATE EX REL. BRODERICK BURTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)2012-KH-1289	STATE EX REL. SHEDRICK GIVENS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)2012-KH-1306	STATE EX REL. ISIAH LANG v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)2012-KH-1307	STATE EX REL. WILLIE REED v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)2012-CI-1308	STATE OF LOUISIANA v. VINCENT MARK CASTILLO (Parish of Jefferson) GUIDRY, J., recused.2012-C -1316	SUCCESSION OF BILLY JAMES TABOR (Parish of Sabine)2012-KH-1328	STATE EX REL. WILLIAM H. SORDEN v. ATATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)2012-KH-1329	STATE EX REL. HERMAN LANTZ v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vermilion)2012-KH-1330	STATE EX REL. JOHNNY SUMMAGE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)2012-KH-1331	STATE EX REL. NATHAL TRAHAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)2012-KH-1332	STATE EX REL. CHRISTOPHER LORMAND v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)2012-KH-1334	STATE EX REL. DERVOL ZENO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)2012-KH-1371	STATE EX REL. RICHARD MILLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)2012-KH-1396	STATE EX REL. CHRISTOPHER LAMBERT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)2012-KH-1406	STATE EX REL. TERRY CUDGES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)2012-KH-1450	STATE EX REL. FLOYD COLDMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)2012-CC-1495	ALBIN AND SUSAN PROVOSTY v. SHORELINE UNLIMITED, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)2012-CC-1498	JOANN DITCHARO, ET AL. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, ET AL. (Parish of Plaquemines)2012-C -1502	CHARLES MITCHELL, JAMES MITCHELL AND BARBARA MITCHELL v. SOUTHERN SCRAP RECYCLING, L.L.C.; SOUTHERN SCRAP MATERIAL CO., L.L.C.; SOUTHERN SCRAP RECYCLING MORGAN CITY, L.L.C. AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Terrebonne)2012-CC-1503	TIMMY AND SHELLY BIHM v. DECA SYSTEMS, INC. AND GERALD CALLAWAY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)2012-CC-1504	STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)2012-CC-1505	STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ABBOTT LABORATORIES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)2012-C -1509	BOBBY L. CULPEPPER AND MRS. ELIZABETH W. CULPEPPER v. EOG RESOURCES, INC. (Parish of Bienville)2012-C -1510	R. CHADWICK EDWARDS, JR. v. LAROSE SCRAP &amp; SALVAGE, INC. (Parish of Vermilion)2012-C -1512	MISTY DUPONT, INDIVIDUALLY, AND ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR DAUGHTER, CHARLIE MERCEDES KING, AND JARED CHAISSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH ITS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT; JAMES D. "BUDDY" CALDWELL; GILCHRIST CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, LLC; SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA; AND GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)2012-CC-1513	MICHAEL "SHAE" EASTERLING v. FRANKLIN PARISH POLICE JURY, ET AL. (Parish of Franklin)2012-C -1516	CRYSTAL SMITH, ET AL. v. CAPPAERT MANUFACTURED HOUSING, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Avoyelles) KNOLL, J., recused.2012-C -1526	CHATEAU HOMES BY RJM, INC. v. CHAD J. AUCOIN AND CANDACE R. AUCOIN C/W CHAD J. AUCOIN AND CANDACE R. AUCOIN v. CHATEAU HOMES BY RJM, INC. (Parish of St. Charles) VICTORY, J., would grant. KNOLL, J., would grant.2012-CC-1533	ERIC C. KELLER v. DAWN EVANS KELLER (Parish of St. Tammany)2012-CC-1536	CYNTHIA NUGENT v. THERESA MCNEASE AND STATE OF LOUISIANA SPECIAL SCHOOL DISTRICT (Parish of Ouachita)2012-C -1538	JAMES BERGERON v. LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE CO. (Parish of Vermilion) KNOLL, J., would grant.2012-C -1542	STEPHEN J. HALMEKANGAS v. ANPAC LOUISIANA INSURANCE COMPANY AND STEVE HARELSON (Parish of Orleans)2012-C -1545	MITZI N. MATHERNE AND MALCOLM MATHERNE v. JEFFERSON PARISH HOSPITAL DISTRICT NO. 1 D/B/A WEST JEFFERSON MEDICAL CENTER (Parish of Jefferson)2012-C -1570	DWAYNE OLIVIER v. CITY OF EUNICE (Parish of Calcasieu)2012-C -1573	RON WALKER AND IRIS WALKER, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR MINOR SON, SKYY WALKER v. DR. RODGER ELOFSON, II (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)2012-C -1574	MARTIN MACKLIN, ROSA MACKLIN, ELIZABETH MACKLIN AND MARY MACKLIN, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR SON, PATRICK MACKLIN v. PETER BUSINELLE AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Mary)2012-C -1575	CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS v. ANTHONY DOUGLAS AND THE PERSONNEL BOARD OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE C/W ANTHONY W. DOUGLAS v. CITY OF BATON ROUGE, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE AND THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)2012-C -1576	LYNTON O. HESTER, IV v. BURNS BUILDERS, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides) CLARK, J., would grant.2012-C -1577	JOSIE STOKES WEATHERLY v. FONSECA &amp; ASSOCIATES, LLC, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette) WEIMER, J., would grant.2012-C -1578	BARBER BROTHERS CONTRACTING COMPANY, LLC v. EAST BATON ROUGE CITY-PARISH, DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)2012-C -1582	GEORGE R. HARRIS v. TWIN CITY ELECTRIC, LLC (Office of Worker&rsquo;s Compensation District 02) VICTORY, J., would grant.2012-C -1590	STACEY R. STEVENS, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS THE NATURAL TUTRIX OF JOHN BRADLEY STEVENS, III, AND CIERA FANNY EVANS v. GRACE CHEN, M.D., MARK PORTACCI, M.D., CARY SHARP, M.D., AND LOUISIANA MEDICAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Iberville)2012-KH-1722	STATE EX REL. JOSHUA X. GRIFFIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Vernon)2012-KH-1990	STATE EX REL. JACOB M. BELL, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)2012-CJ-2099	SUZANNE L. CATHEY v. MELISSA LYNN OGEA, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)2012-CC-2146	JERRY STARR, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HIS MINOR DAUGHTER, JAMIE STARR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT C/W JOHN M. BYRD, EUGENE MOORE, CHRIS NAVARRO AND JOSEPH MICHAEL WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Caldwell) KNOLL, J., would grant.&nbsp;
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