<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 #056</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 style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>2nd day of October, 2013</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 NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-2266 CLODIE BRUMFIELD v. ALLSTATE PROPERTY & CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>PETITION FOR TRANSFER, TO DISABILITY INACTIVE STATUS GRANTED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/13OB2307.pc.pdf">2013-OB-2307 IN RE: DANIEL SCARBOROUGH</a></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-2297 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA RURAL DEVELOPMENT (FORMERLY FARMERS HOME ADMINISTRATION), UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE v. AZZETT JOHNSON MATTHEWS AND UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF EVELYN MATTHEWS BRADFORD (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2205 ORLEANS PARISH SCHOOL BOARD v. LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY, AON RISK SERVICES, INC. OF LOUISIANA, JAMES LAWLER, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, CLARENDON AMERICA INSURANCE COMPANY, ESSEX INSURANCE COMPANY, WESTCHESTER SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE COMPANY (AN ACE USA COMPANY) AND RSUI INDEMNITY COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-2343 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BARRY EDGE (Parish of West Feliciana)<br />HUGHES, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>4th day of October, 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>APPLICATION FOR REINSTATEMENT GRANTED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2013/13OB1783.pc.pdf">2013-OB-1783 IN RE: JOHN E. DEMORUELLE</a><br />HUGHES, J., would deny.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -1424 SHENAN SMITH PURVIS v. GRANT PARISH SCHOOL BOARD AND JANA LASHLEY (Parish of Grant)</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;">2013-C -1473 VALERIE GRIFFITT AND JOHN GRIFFITT v. DR. A. JAY BINDER (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., would deny.<br />CLARK, J., would deny.</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/2013/13C1381.pc.pdf">2013-C -1381 IN RE: BOBBY HICKMAN</a> (Parish of Vernon)</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-1572 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 13-PDB-022</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-OB-1622 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINRY BOARD NO. 12-PDB-141</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-OB-1656 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 13-PDB-001</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-OB-1889 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 13-PDB-034</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-OB-1974 IN RE: APPEAL OF DECISION OF DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 13-PDB-040</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-OB-2009 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO.13-PDB-045</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-0065 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LANFORD ANTHONY PAYNE (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0361 STATE EX REL. JAMES ANTHONY COFFMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0434 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL FRANCOIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS DENIED:</strong></span></p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1800 STATE EX REL. VERNON GOODLOW v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ascension)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-1904 STATE EX REL. ROCALDO RAYNARD WEITERS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />HUGHES, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KH-2115 STATE EX REL. VERNON GOODLOW v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ascension)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KP-2294 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRELL ROBINSON (Parish of Rapides)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2012-KP-2424 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RYAN PRESTON PRATT (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-OK-0267 STATE EX REL. ERNEST CHENEVERT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-K -0294 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOE LEE GRADY, JR. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-K -0472 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TIMOTHY D. SMITH (Parish of Orleans)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant to remand to the court of appeal for reconsideration.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant to remand to the court of appeal for reconsideration.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-0504 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES LEE BURKS, III (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-0505 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JASON LAMOUNTE MORGAN (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0506 STATE EX REL. MALCOLM ALEXANDER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant.<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-0515 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTHONY WAYNE DENNIS, JR. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-0516 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WAYNE KEVIN JONES (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-0530 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WAYNE KEVIN JONES (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-K -0543 CITY OF MONROE v. JACK WINSTON HOLMES (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-0549 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. IAN JONES (Parish of Washington)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-0566 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CORNELL MARTIN, JR. (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-0567 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HARRIS RICHARD LOVELL (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-K -0585 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRYL WINFREY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0770 STATE EX REL. JOHNNY B. WRIGHT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0773 STATE EX REL. WILLIE POGUE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0858 STATE EX REL. ROBERT GASTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0883 STATE EX REL. SEAN SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0885 STATE EX REL. LARRY SIMS JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0907 STATE EX REL. RANALL MAULDIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0908 STATE EX REL. LENTONE JONES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bienville)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0909 STATE EX REL. DANIEL SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0910 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL RHODES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bienville)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0922 STATE EX REL. CLINTON HOWARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0924 STATE EX REL. RICHARD E. COLEMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0950 STATE EX REL. DERMON RODRIGUEZ v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0951 STATE EX REL. JACOB M. BELL, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0956 STATE EX REL. VINCENT MARK CASTILLO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0960 STATE EX REL. CARLOS BROWN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0962 STATE EX REL. JEREMY C. BROOKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0963 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL LOTT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0964 STATE EX REL. RONALD HAWKINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-0966 STATE EX REL. ANTONIO MONTERO v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KP-1016 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH D. DEE (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KP-1170 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DANIEL RUSH, JR. (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -1298 CLAUDE B. KENNEDY, ET AL. v. MICKEY JOE DURDEN, ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />GUIDRY, J., would grant.<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -1482 NEWELL NORMAND, SHERIFF AND EX-OFFICIO TAX COLLECTOR FOR THE PARISH OF JEFFERSON v. 1ST LAKE REALTY, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-1492 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JORDAN COLLINS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -1518 NNANTA FELIX NGARI v. OFFICE OF GROUP BENEFITS (Louisiana Civil Service Commission)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-1519 SID-MAR'S RESTAURANT & LOUNGE, INC., MARION GEMELLI BURGESS, AND SIDNEY KENT BURGESS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE GOVERNOR AND/OR THE DIVISION OF ADMINISTRATION, STATE LAND OFFICE (Parish of Jefferson)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -1520 JANICE CLABORNE AND SHERYL JONES v. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -1529 GARY BABIN AND MARY BABIN v. BETHESDA REHABILITATION HOSPITAL, INC. AND LANE MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -1530 GARY BABIN v. BETHESDA REHABILITATION HOSPITAL, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-1534 LEAH R. RHODES v. MARSHA SAUCIER AND ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -1537 SUCCESSION OF WILLIAM OWEN HOLCOMB, SR. (Parish of Webster)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-1538 FIRST NATIONAL BANK U.S.A. v. STANDARD MORTGAGE CORPORATION (Parish of St. Charles)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -1541 DIONE W. DAVID v. RICHARD G. DAVID (Parish of Iberia)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-1544 M. L. LLOYD, JR. v. ERROL VICTOR, ET AL. (Parish of St. John)<br />CLARK, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -1547 RONALD GRACI AND SUNKISSED TANNING STUDIOS, L.L.C. v. GASPER JOHN PALAZZO, JR., L.L.C. (Parish of Jefferson)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -1550 RHETT HAYES v. BRITTANY MARIE GUNN (Parish of Avoyelles)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-1555 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ZUNG QUOC DINH (Parish of Orleans)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-1558 IN RE: DISCONTINUANCE AND DISPOSITION OF P.K. SMITH MOTORS, INC. (Parish of Winn)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-1563 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CORY LAIN AND BRITTNEY LAIN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -1565 ANIMAL LEGAL DEFENSE FUND, WARREN TRICHE, JR., BRANDI J. SUTTEN AND JENNIFER TORQUATI v. STATE OF LOUISIANA , DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES, ROBERT BARHAM, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SECRETARY OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE AND FISHERIES (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-1569 VERLINE JOHNSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER DECEASED HUSBAND, WILLIAM H. JOHNSON, AND ZENOBIA THOMAS, HERBERT JOHNSON, PAYTON JOHNSON, SR., CONIS JOHNSON, BARRY JOHNSON, GWENDOLYN JOHNSON, HENRY JOHNSON, HORACE JOHNSON, BEVERLY ALVIS, ZEBORIA SHORT, AND RAYNARD JOHNSON, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF THEIR DECEASED FATHER, WILLIAM H. JOHNSON v. EAGLE, INC., OWENS CORNING FIBERGLASS, OWENS ILLINOIS, INC., PITTSBURG CORNING, FOSTER WHEELER CORPORATION, UNIROYAL, INC., ROCKWOOL MANUFACTURING COMPANY, MCCARTY CORPORATION, REILLY BENTON COMPANY, INC., GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -1576 SHIRLEY COOPER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HOSPITALS, AND LALLIE KEMP HOSPITAL (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />HUGHES, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -1596 IN THE MATTER OF THE SUCCESSION OF JAMES BROWN (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />HUGHES, J., recused.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-2127 JOHN FILS AND DEMITRIA FILS INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF GENEVA MARIE FILS v. ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2013-CC-2245 LAKE CHARLES STEVEDORES, L.L.C. v. COOPER/T. SMITH STEVEDORING CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p> </p>