<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 #031</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>29th day of May, 2013</strong></span>, the following action was 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;">2013-KK-1133 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SEAN HOLLOWAY (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-0704 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HARRY FIELDS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KD-1126 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHASITY ANDREWS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>31st day of May, 2013</strong></span>, the following action was 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 APPLICATION GRANTED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KP-0873 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALBERT NORMAN PIERRE (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED WITH ORDER; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/13C0656.pc.pdf">2013-C -0656 USA DISASTER DISCOVERY, INC. v. ST. TAMMANY PARISH GOVERNMENT AND ST. TAMMANY PARISH SHERIFF</a> (Parish of St. Tammany)<br /><a href="/opinions/2013/13C0656.ggg.dis.pdf">GUIDRY, J., dissents.</a><br />CLARK, J., dissents.<br />HUGHES, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL GRANTED WITH ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-OB-1063 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 2013-ADMIN-338</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>JOINT PETITIONS FOR CONSENT DISCIPLINE ACCEPTED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/13B0874.pc.pdf">2013-B -0874 IN RE: HELENE MELISSA SUGAR</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/13B1019.pc.pdf">2013-B -1019 IN RE: JOSE A. COSTA-BLANCO</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/13B1086.pc.pdf">2013-B -1086 IN RE: ANDRE F. TOCE</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-OB-0934 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 12-PDB-080</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-OB-0957 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 12-PDB-128</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2631 STATE EX REL. EDMOND D. SPENCER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS FOR REHEARING DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -1297 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD K. SWANZY (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-B -2536 IN RE: JOSEPH W. BAILEY</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION DENIED; SEE PER CURIAM</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/13OK1114.pc.pdf">2013-OK-1114 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CARLOS ROMIOUS (IN RE: MOTION TO RECUSE)</a> (Parish of Jefferson)<br />WEIMER, J., dissents.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>MOTIONS TO ENFORCE DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0755 STATE EX REL. MELVIN SUTTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2011-KH-0802 STATE EX REL. ERNEST LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2532 STATE EX REL. JAMES MORRISON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -1933 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TERRANCE L. SINEGAL (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KP-1993 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT H. ELZY, JR. (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KP-2060 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILMER A. GARCIA-CARIAS (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KP-2171 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EUGENE CAFFREY (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -2277 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIAM R. LILLY (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KP-2307 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOHN COUSIN (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />HUGHES, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -2390 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JERRY STEINLE (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -2457 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WAYNE FIFI (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KO-2487 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARK MILLER (Parish of St. James)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -2494 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JIMIL JOYNER (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -2654 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EASTON JOSEPH FRANCISCO (Parish of Iberia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2725 STATE EX REL. STEVEN CAMPBELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -2764 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALVIN BRUMFIELD (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-K -2766 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ERNEST SAM (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0027 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARYLYN A. LEBLANC (Parish of Lafayette)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0028 STATE EX REL. BRANDON BRUE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Pointe Coupee)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0029 STATE EX REL. DAVIDSON LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />HUGHES, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0036 STATE EX REL. BARTON BERTHELOT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ascension)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0037 STATE EX REL. DREW MICHAEL PIZZO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0038 STATE EX REL. WILLIE TRIPLETT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0060 STATE EX REL. ALONZO JAVON EDMOND v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)<br />HUGHES, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0066 STATE EX REL. STEVEN CAMPBELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0068 STATE EX REL. DARTRELL SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0073 STATE EX REL. ANTOINE WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-0080 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JEREMY JERMAINE BROOKS (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0081 STATE EX REL. EDMOND D. SPENCER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0085 STATE EX REL. KENNETH RATCLIFF v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0088 STATE EX REL. TRAVIS P. BURKE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0112 STATE EX REL. WILKES LAIRD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Allen)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-CI-0113 STEVE M. MARCANTEL v. LOUISIANA BOARD OF PAROLE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0126 STATE EX REL. HARRIS COLLINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0127 STATE EX REL. RONALD SCELSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -0753 CHUCK CARR BROWN, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HIS DECEASED MOTHER, ALONIA BROWN v. PONCHATOULA NURSING HOME, L.L.C. D/B/A BELLE MAISON NURSING HOME (Parish of Tangipahoa)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -0755 CINDY COLWELL v. THE SUMMIT RETIREMENT CENTER<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-0805 GREATER ROSE HILL BAPTIST CHURCH v. ELDER JOSEPH ROBERTS, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -0813 SUCCESSION OF BERNARD F. SAMUEL, SR. C/W BARBARA S. BRETZ v. BARRY N. SAMUEL (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -0866 NORTHSHORE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, L.L.C. D/B/A NORTHSHORE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER v. EDITH RUTH DILL, BRIAN DILL, ATLAS TRAVEL INSURANCE SERVICES LIMITED, GLOBAL EXCEL MANAGEMENT, INC. (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-0867 1026 CONTI CONDOMINIUMS, LLC. v. 1025 BIENVILLE, LLC. (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-0877 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FRANK THOMAS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-0879 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BOBBY DEAN HIGGINBOTHAM (Parish of Tensas)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -0894 COUNTRYWIDE HOME LOANS SERVICING, LP v. GWENONIA LEWIS THOMAS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -0899 BERNARD, CASSISA, ELLIOTT AND DAVIS v. THE ESTATE OF ROBERT J. LAPORTE, CPA AND GALLIAND AND HOBLACK, CPAS, LLC (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-0903 LOUISIANA COLLEGE v. INTEGRATED ARCHITECTURE, L.L.C., ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-0911 RANDALL C. RUSH v. LYNN PEUSCHOLD RUSH (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -0912 JOSEPH F. SPIEZIO, III v. STATE LICENSING BOARD FOR CONTRACTORS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -0917 CARL GABRIEL v. DELTA AIR LINES, INC. AND ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 7)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -0929 PEDRO SALAZAR v. COMMAND CONSTRUCTION, LLC AND THE GRAY INSURANCE COMPANY (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 7)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -0930 DIETRIK S. BRUMFIELD, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR DAUGHTER, DEPRINCIA MCCLAIN v. THE ADMINISTRATORS OF THE TULANE EDUCATIONAL FUND D/B/A TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, DR ROCH --HONTAS, ST. TAMANNY PARISH HOSPITAL (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -0933 HERVEY J. MORVANT v. SHOP RITE, INC. (Office of Workers’ Compensation District 7)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-0935 KATHERINE DEJEAN RICHARDSON, PATRICK JUDE DE JEAN AND ROMANO WHOLESALE LIQUOR COMPANY, INC. v. CAPITAL ONE, N.A. AND HIBERNIA NATIONAL BANK AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY AND DIANE FENNIDY (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-0939 JANIE HARRIS, LINDA MCCLANAHAN AND NORMA HARRIS v. HAVEN NURSING CENTER, INC. (Parish of Caldwell)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -0940 SOUTHERN YACHT CLUB v. REGINALD ZENO, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -0941 KELSEY LANE COOPER, JR. AND GRACE YVONNE COOPER v. BOUCHARD TRANSPORTATION C/W BOUCHARD TRANSPORTATION CO., INC. v. MARINE SYSTEMS, INC., GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION AND ELECTROMOTIVE DIESEL, INC. C/W KELSEY LANE COOPER, JR. AND GRACE YVONNE COOPER v. MARINE SYSTEMS, INC., WESTERN REMAN, INC., REMY INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND REMY, INC. C/W TUG ROBERT J. BOUCHARD, INC., BOUCHARD COASTWISE MANAGEMENT CORP. AND INTERESTED HULL UNDERWRITERS v. MARINE SYSTEMS, INC., WESTERN REMAN, INC., REMY INTERNATIONAL, INC. AND REMY, INC. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0991 STATE EX REL. LORENZO CONNER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p> </p>