<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 #024</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>1st day of May, 2014</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 APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-CC-0920 TESSIE M. MOUTON BOB KOLBY KEITH JOHNSON, ET AL. v. LOUISIANA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATIONS, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />HUGHES, J., recused.<br />VICTORY, J., would grant.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant. </p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>2nd day of May, 2014</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 APPLICATION(S) GRANTED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-C -0256 JOHN OLESZKOWICZ v. EXXON MOBILE CORPORATION, EXXON MOBILE OIL CORPORATION, HUMBLE INCORPORATED AND INTRACOASTAL TUBULAR SERVICES, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-CC-0585 CYNTHIA HOLLIDAY v. BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF LSU AGRICULTURAL AND MECHANICAL COLLEGE, ETC. (Parish of Orleans)</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;">2013-KH-1970 STATE EX REL. BOOKER EARL LOYDEN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)<br />CLARK, J., would deny.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER; SEE PER CURIAM</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2014/14C0533.pc.pdf">2014-C -0533 ON LEONG CHINESE MERCHANTS ASSOCIATION v. AKM ACQUISITIONS, L.L.C., AARON K. MOTWANI, AND MARCUS L. GIUSTI</a> (Parish of Jefferson)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant and docket.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2014/14C0617.pc.pdf">2014-C -0617 CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, ET AL. v. KEVIN M. DUPART C/W KEVIN M. DUPART v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, ET AL. C/W CITY OF NEW ORLEANS, ET AL. v. KEVIN M. DUPART</a>(Parish of Orleans)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant and docket.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-CC-0668 CHRISTIE LECOMPTE THOMAS v. KELLSEY THOMAS (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KK-2176 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TYRONE GIPSON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) FOR REHEARING DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2634 THOMAS MCMASTERS v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE (Civil Service Commission)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-C -2795 SUSAN CLEVELAND v. IMPERIAL FIRE AND CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Livingston)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant and docket.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-C -0140 NIKIA ADAMS v. DEPARTMENT OF POLICE (Civil Service Commission)<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 APPLICATION(S) DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KP-1754 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JERMAINE LOEB (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-K -1916 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRYL RUFFIN (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-1925 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRYL RUFFIN (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-K -1990 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KIMETHIA COLEMAN (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-2017 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. GLEN DALE KING (Parish of Morehouse)<br />CLARK, J., recused.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-2122 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TORREY HACKETT (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-OK-2208 STATE EX REL. JERRY L. SYLVE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2214 STATE EX REL. KIM R. HOGAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2240 STATE EX REL. BERNARD JOSEPH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2250 STATE EX REL. KETRON TAYLOR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2270 STATE EX REL. KENNETH WAYNE MONTGOMERY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-K -2274 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DON C. FLEMINGS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2286 STATE EX REL. ERNEST LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2291 STATE EX REL. SOLOMON WASHINGTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2292 STATE EX REL. MATT BANKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2304 STATE EX REL. LOUIS MITCHELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2312 STATE EX REL. RORY GULLETTE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2313 STATE EX REL. TODD P. THIBODEAUX v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2331 STATE EX REL. ASHLEIGH E. THORNTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2332 STATE EX REL. STACY WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Desoto)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2333 STATE EX REL. RAYMOND WEBB v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jackson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2334 STATE EX REL. KEVIN DUANE GOODLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Landry)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2335 STATE EX REL. DANIEL RONQUILLE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2344 STATE EX REL. WILLIE CARL JONES, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Bossier)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2345 STATE EX REL. MELVIN SUTTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2349 STATE EX REL. ERIC BROWN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2386 STATE EX REL. PATRICK GUILLORY, JR v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Acadia)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2387 STATE EX REL. KENNETH DEMARIO MCCLAIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Washington)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2392 STATE EX REL. BRANDON LAVERGNE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Evangeline)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KH-2406 STATE EX REL. PHILLIP KNIGHT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-CK-2415 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF M.W.B., JR. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge Juvenile Court)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-2614 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TREMIKA D. LANG (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-K -2678 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RICKY LAVELLE WILLIAMS (Parish of Rapides)<br />GUIDRY, J., would grant.<br />CLARK, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-KO-2723 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALBERT L. ARNOLD (Parish of Lasalle)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2013-K -2731 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CAROL H. BANKS (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-C -0261 JOHN OLESZKOWICZ v. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, EXXON MOBIL OIL CORPORATION, HUMBLE INCORPORATED AND INTRACOASTAL TUBULAR SERVICES, INC. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-CC-0399 KARL PALMER v. LOUISIANA CITIZENS FAIR PLAN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-CC-0400 LESLIE FRANCES v. LOUISIANA CITIZENS INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-C -0433 MATTHEW MASON & PAULA MASON v. BANKERS INSURANCE GROUP (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-C -0448 MATTHEW MASON & PAULA MASON v. BANKERS INSURANCE GROUP (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-C -0652 IRENE LEEDY v. LEONARD J. CHABERT MEDICAL CENTER (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-CC-0656 LARRY PAUL, ET UX. v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)<br />CLARK, J., would grant.<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-CC-0657 TBE DESOTO LOUISIANA PROPERTIES, L.P. AND SFC LOUISIANA REAL ESTATE, LTD. v. CHESAPEAKE LOUISIANA, LP PXP LOUISIANA, L.L.C. (Parish of Desoto)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant and docket. <br />WEIMER, J., would grant and docket.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-CC-0658 DAKOTA WYANT, ET AL. v. CODY MICHAEL FREEMAN, ET AL. (Parish of Concordia)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-CC-0659 LOUISIANA WORKFORCE COMMISSION v. CANTU SERVICES, INC. AND MILES ORELL KIMBALL (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-C -0660 BLACK WATER MARSH, L.L.C. v. ROGER C. FERRIS PROPERTIES, INC., TIMOTHY J. LITEL, AND JANICE C. FERRIS (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-CC-0661 LOUISIANA WORKERS' COMPENSATION CORPORATION v. FIRST CHOICE MEDICAL STAFFING, INC. OF LA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-CC-0662 LOUISIANA WORKERS' COMPENSATION CORPORATION v. FIRST CHOICE MEDICAL STAFFING, INC. OF LA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-C -0663 HUMANE SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS v. MITCHELL J. LANDRIEU, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-C -0666 TIFFANY WILLIAMS, AS THE NATURAL TUTRIX OF GAVIN WILLIAMS, MINOR SON OF HENRY L. WHITE, III v. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA SYSTEM, AKA THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES FOR STATE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-C -0667 ALVIN BONDS AND BETTY BONDS v. SAPA EXTRUSIONS, LLC (Parish of Richland)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-CC-0670 JEAN JONES AND GEORGE E. BULL, IV v. AMERICAN EXPRESS PREPAID CARD MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2014-C -0689 CATHERINE M. STEIN, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS NATURAL TUTRIX OF HER CHILDREN, MOIRA E. MATHERNE, ANNE M. MATHERNE, JESSIE L. MATHERNE, AND JOSIE E. MATHERNE v. PROGRESSIVE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, SEAN MELANCON, MELANCON GAUGING, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL. (Parish of Lafourche)</p><p align="justify"> </p>