<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 #002</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>4th day of January, 2013</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case listed below:</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED WITH ORDER:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/12KK2422.pc.pdf">2012-KK-2422 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TRAVIS HENDERSON</a> (Parish of Orleans)<br />See Per Curiam.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -0005 CORY R. CAHN, MIKE CAHN, III, WHITNEY CAHN, SANDRA CAHN, AND CAPITAL ONE BANK, NA, TRUSTEE OF THE CAHN TRUST REPRESENTED BY SNAPPY JACOBS, CCIM REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT, LLC v. JOSEPH COX D/B/A CLOBORX, INC. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-0009 NEW ORLEANS FIRE FIGHTERS PENSION AND RELIEF FUND, ET AL. v. THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., recused.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KK-2639 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARK DORSEY (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>10th day of January, 2013</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the cases listed below:</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED WITH ORDER:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-0078 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSHUA CHEFNEY (Parish of Orleans)<br />GUIDRY, J., would deny.<br />CLARK, J., would deny.<br />JOHNSON, J., would deny.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-0057 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. STANLEY JONES (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>11th day of January, 2013</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS GRANTED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -1296 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOE BOB CLARK (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2292 CYNTHIA FRY PEIRONNET AND ELIZABETH FRY FRANKLIN v. MATADOR RESOURCES COMPANY (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2377 CYNTHIA FRY PEIRONNET AND ELIZABETH FRY FRANKLIN v. MATADOR RESOURCES COMPANY (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED IN PART / DENIED IN PART :</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1949 STATE EX REL. DERRICK GARRETT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED WITH ORDER: SEE PER CURIAM.</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/12CK1376.pc.pdf">2012-CK-1376 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF C.S.</a> (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, J., dissents and will assign reasons.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/12C2301.pc.pdf">2012-C -2301 BRENDA MORALES AND JERSON RODRIGUEZ v. STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LSU THROUGH EARL K. LONG MEDICAL CENTER</a>(Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/12CC2334.pc.pdf">2012-CC-2334 EDWARD MORRISON v. USAA CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, MEGAN EVERETT, AND ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY</a> (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br /><a href="/opinions/2013/12CC2334.jtk.dis.pdf">KNOLL, J., dissents with reasons.</a></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>JOINT PETITION FOR CONSENT DISCIPLINE ACCEPTED: SEE PER CURIAM.</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/12B2411.pc.pdf">2012-B -2411 IN RE: DELE A. ADEBAMIJI</a></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/12B2463.pc.pdf">2012-B -2463 IN RE: CLAIRE P. SHARP</a></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>SUSPENSION ORDERED: SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/12B1823.pc.pdf">2012-B -1823 IN RE: DARLENE SANSONE RANSOME</a></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>CERTIFIED QUESTION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CQ-2326 ST. JOSEPH ABBEY, MARK COUDRAIN v. PAUL WES CASTILLE, BELVA M. PICHON, CRAIG G. GILL, ANDREW HAYES, WALL V. MCKNEELY, MARGARET SHEHEE, KELLY RUSH WILLIAMS, LOUIS CHARBORNNET, IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS MEMBERS OF THE LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF EMBALMERS AND FUNERAL DIRECTORS, PATRICK H. SANDERS, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY IN PLACE OF OSCAR A. ROLLINS (DECEASED) (U.S. 5th Cir.) <br />KNOLL, J., recused.<br />JOHNSON, J., would grant certification.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>RECONSIDERATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1484 STATE EX REL. JERROD A. WILSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson Davis)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -1710 AAKAL LODGING, L.L.C. v. AMERICAN EXPRESS, ET AL. (Parish of Bossier)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -1979 MARK DELESDERNIER, JR. v. MARK DELESDERNIER, III AND MICHAEL R. DELESDERNIER (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-OB-2096 IN RE: MICHAEL R. CALABRESE</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>REHEARINGS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -1581 THELMA M. HODGES AND MARCUS J. MCCOY v. MICHAEL A. TAYLOR (Parish of Jefferson Davis)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2147 FIREFIGHTERS' RETIREMENT SYSTEM v. REGIONS BANK, MORGAN ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC., AND CHRISTOPHER J. BURKE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />JOHNSON, J., recused.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2195 MRS. SYBIL MORIAL v. BPI HOME BUILDER, LLC. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2238 SYBIL MORIAL v. BPI HOME BUILDER, L.L.C., ET AL (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-0078 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSHUA CHEFNEY (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />GUIDRY, J., would grant.<br />CLARK, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-0851 STATE EX REL. VINCENT MARK CASTILLO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -1389 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. COREY JOHNSON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -1393 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HENRY GOLDEN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KO-1395 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TARSA COOLEY (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KO-1405 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NATHAN PETTUS (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -1415 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RONNIE T. JONES (Parish of Ascension)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -1417 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HENRY GOLDEN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -1422 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LIONEL BURTON (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KO-1432 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JULES ROBERTSON (Parish of St. John)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KO-1433 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -1445 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PATRICK JEROME WILLIAMS (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KO-1463 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN H. COOK (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -1469 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM EARL BURNEY, JR. (Parish of Bossier)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1554 STATE EX REL. BLAKE REINE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1771 STATE EX REL. JUSTIN CHARLES SINGLETON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1818 STATE EX REL. DARREN WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1900 STATE EX REL. LEON HORNE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1901 STATE EX REL. ALLEN JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1902 STATE EX REL. THOMAS ROPPOLO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1903 STATE EX REL. EDWARD JACKSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1905 STATE EX REL. EDWARD D. OWENS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Sabine)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1956 STATE EX REL. GRANDERSON CARTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1957 STATE EX REL. EUGENE FRAZIER, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Sabine)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1958 STATE EX REL. VINCENT MARK CASTILLO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1966 STATE EX REL. LAWRENCE SYLVE, III v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1967 STATE EX REL. RODERICK PARKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1968 STATE EX REL. STEVEN D. GOBERT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1998 STATE EX REL. STANLEY DORSEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2009 STATE EX REL. CLIFFORD DOLEMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CD-2011 TOWER CREDIT, INC. v. MARK ALLEN PIDGEON (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2017 STATE EX REL. HARRISON WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2021 STATE EX REL. DARRY RAY ELMORE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KK-2030 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEE TURNER JR. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2063 M. TAHIR QAYYUM, M.D., A PROFESSIONAL MEDICAL CORPORATION v. MORE HOUSE PARISH HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT D/B/A MOREHOUSE GENERAL HOSPITAL (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2192 STATE OF LOUISIANA EX REL. PLAQUEMINES PARISH SCHOOL BOARD v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2263 CECIL BLOUNT FARMS, L.L.C. v. MAPOO-NET, JOEL BERSON AND ANN BERSON (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2375 STATE EX REL. VINCENT MARK CASTILLO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2413 DOX CONSULTING, LLC v. MATTHEW HARFIELD (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2416 EDWARD WAYNE HEBERT v. TIFFANY CRANDLE, USAGENCIES CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY AND STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Assumption)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2419 FELTUS COLEMAN v. EAST SHERIFF BATON ROUGE DEPARTMENT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2420 GERALD BURGE v. NORTHWESTERN NATIONAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF MILWAUKEE, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2426 LINDA D'ANTONI HENDRIX, ELAINE D'ANTONI HEFFKER, DEBORAH D'ANTONI DOW, AND THE ESTATE OF ANDREW GEORGE D'ANTONI, II THROUGH HIS CHILDREN, ET AL. v. MAISON ORLEANS I, L.L.C. D/B/A MAISON ORLEANS NURSING HOME ONE AND HOSPICE OF THE DELTA, INC. (Parish of St. Bernard)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2427 LASSIE KING HINES, MARCUS HINES, LATASHA HINES HARRIS AND CATINA MARIE HINES v. W. JAMES SINGLETON D/B/A THE SINGLETON LAW FIRM, W. JAMES SINGELTON, A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION, INC., CHRISTOPHER L. SICES, AND REE J. CASEY-JONES (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2430 MARGARET K. SLIMP v. MICHAEL J. SARTISKY C/W MICHAEL J. SARTISKY v. MARGARET K. SLIMP (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2448 JENNIE M. ALEXANDER v. PARISH OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, PONTCHARTRAIN LEVEE DISTRICT, CORY M. BUNCH, ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, PROGRESSIVE INSURANCE COMPANY AND STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. John)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2452 HAROLD WOODS v. GWEN M. COUSINS, M.D. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2455 DANNY BECK v. CITY OF BAKER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2456 FIRST CHOICE SURGERY CENTER v. FRESH PICKIN'S MARKET, INC. AND LOUISIANA RESTAURANT ASSOCIATION SELF INSURERS FUND (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2462 WREN ROBICHAUX v. LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF PRACTICAL NURSE EXAMINERS (Parish of Orleans)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2465 STEEN INVESTMENTS, LLC v. DONAHUEFAVRET CONTRACTORS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-C -2467 BRENDA MILLER v. CHRISTUS ST. PATRICK HOSPITAL (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2012-CC-2470 CHAD WARNER v. HECKMAN WATER RESOURCES CORP. AND ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY (Office of Workers' Compensation District 1W)</p><div></div><p> </p><p> </p>