<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 #007</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">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>1st day of February, 2016</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case listed below:</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2016-KK-0209 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KAUNDA MAGEE (Parish of Washington)</p><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>3rd day of February, 2016</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2016-CC-0208 PIERRE A. MCGRAW v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND HON. MITCHELL J. LANDRIEU IN HIS CAPACITY AS MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>4th day of February, 2016</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>INTERIM SUSPENSION GRANTED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16B0131.pc.pdf">2016-B -0131 IN RE: WALTER C. DUMAS</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2016/16B0131.jdh.dis.pdf">HUGHES, J., would deny the petition for interim suspension</a>.</p><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>5th day of February, 2016</strong></span>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2015-C -2137 LAFAYETTE BONE & JOINT CLINIC (CHARLES MORRIS), ET AL. v. LOUISIANA UNITED BUSINESS SIF, ET AL. (Office of Workers' Compensation, District 4)</p><p align="justify">2015-C -2138 LAFAYETTE BONE & JOINT CLINIC (CHARLES POOLE, JR.), ET AL. v. GUY HOPKINS CONSTRUCTION CO., INC., ET AL. (Office of Workers' Compensation, District 4)</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION GRANTED WITH ORDER:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2015-CC-2099 TODD HUVAL AND CHAD BOYER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS, OFFICE OF STATE POLICE, MASTER TROOPER HAL HUTCHINSON, LIEUTENANT RHETT TRAHAN, INVESTIGATOR BUZZY TRAHAN, LIEUTENANT KEVIN DEVALL, INVESTIGATOR BART MORRIS, INVESTIGATOR HAMPTON GUILLORY AND LIEUTENANT COLONEL STANLEY GRIFFIN (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATIONS GRANTED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15K0510.pc.pdf">2015-K -0510 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. HERMAN PERRY</a> (Parish of Jefferson)<br /><a href="/opinions/2016/15K0510.jlw.dis.pdf">WEIMER, J., dissents. I would grant and docket</a>.<br /><a href="/opinions/2016/15K0510.ggg.dis.pdf">GUIDRY, J., dissents and would deny the writ</a>.</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15KK2095.pc.pdf">2015-KK-2095 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL ROBERTSON</a> (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br /><a href="/opinions/2016/15KK2095.jlw.dis.pdf">WEIMER, J., dissents. I would grant and docket</a>.<br /><a href="/opinions/2016/15KK2095.jdh.dis.pdf">HUGHES, J., would deny the writ</a>.</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2015-C -2245 J. L. MCCRAINE, III v. VOYELLESLAND FARMS, INC. (Parish of Avoyelles)<br />WEIMER, J., would consider the merits.</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION TRANSFERRED TO THE DISTRICT COURT:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2016-KH-0201 STATE EX REL. ROGER YATES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>PETITION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2015-OB-2195 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 15-PDB-049</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>PETITIONS FOR ADMISSION DENIED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15BA2038.pc.pdf">2015-BA-2038 IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-369</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2016/15BA2038.jtk.con.pdf">KNOLL, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons</a>.</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15BA2299.pc.pdf">2015-BA-2299 IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-945794</a></p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>PETITIONS FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2015-OB-2107 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 15-PDB-096</p><p align="justify">2015-OB-2114 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 15-PDB-107<br />HUGHES, J., recused.</p><p align="justify">2015-OB-2118 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 15-PDB-087</p><p align="justify">2015-OB-2158 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 15-PDB-094</p><p align="justify">2015-OB-2178 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 15-PDB-052</p><p align="justify">2015-OB-2220 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 15-PDB-095</p><p align="justify">2015-OB-2225 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NOS. 15-PDB-105 AND 15-PDB-106</p><p align="justify">2015-OB-2246 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NOS. 15-PDB-061</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2015-KH-0030 STATE EX REL. DONALD BOSWELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Webster)</p><p align="justify">2015-KH-0240 STATE EX REL. KENNETH R. BATISTE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p align="justify">2015-KH-0281 STATE EX REL. JASON L. WALTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify">2015-KH-0471 STATE EX REL. JOHN ROGERS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify">2015-KH-0474 STATE EX REL. EXCELL LIVERS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2015-KH-0564 STATE EX REL. JOHN EDWARD SPELLMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify">2015-CI-1054 TELLY WILLIAMS v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify">2015-KH-1877 STATE EX REL. CHRISTOPHER RELIFORD BELL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/14KH1915.pc.pdf">2014-KH-1915 STATE EX REL. AARON W. ARDOIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Evangeline)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/14KH2162.pc.pdf">2014-KH-2162 STATE EX REL. LARRY WAYNE MCCRAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15KH0688.pc.pdf">2015-KH-0688 STATE EX REL. DEMOND SOLOMON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15KH0700.pc.pdf">2015-KH-0700 STATE EX REL. TERRY WAYNE FARRIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Allen)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15KH0727.pc.pdf">2015-KH-0727 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL BUSHNELL, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Evangeline)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15KH0731.pc.pdf">2015-KH-0731 STATE EX REL. EMMANUEL HOWARD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Ascension)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15KH0747.pc.pdf">2015-KH-0747 STATE EX REL. CHRISTOPHER DUWAYNE FOSTER, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Rapides)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15KH0789.pc.pdf">2015-KH-0789 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL CALLOWAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15KH0841.pc.pdf">2015-KH-0841 STATE EX REL. ALBERT NORMAN PIERRE, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15KH0855.pc.pdf">2015-KH-0855 STATE EX REL. CHARLES REED v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15KH0883.pc.pdf">2015-KH-0883 STATE EX REL. KELVIN C. THOMAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15KH0894.pc.pdf">2015-KH-0894 STATE EX REL. SEAN JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15KH0896.pc.pdf">2015-KH-0896 STATE EX REL. KEMOND PIERRE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15KH0923.pc.pdf">2015-KH-0923 STATE EX REL. CALVIN ANTHONY WALKER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Webster)</p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/15KH0987.pc.pdf">2015-KH-0987 STATE EX REL. ALTON RAY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Vernon)</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2015-OK-0043 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TYSON DUPUIS (Parish of Acadia)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2015-K -0581 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ERIK TRACZYK (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2015-OK-0587 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES OWEN (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p align="justify">2015-KO-0602 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LARRY W. SIMS (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify">2015-KO-0606 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENNETH J. HALL (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2015-KO-0607 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RAYMOND CASADAY (Parish of Bienville)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2015-KO-0609 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT MOTEN (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p align="justify">2015-CK-0618 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF J.E. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2015-KO-0626 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DAVID L. MILLER (Parish of Orleans)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2015-KO-0627 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JEAU ANTHONY D. TORRENCE (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify">2015-K -0628 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DERRICK EDWARDS (Parish of Caddo)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p>
<p align="justify">2015-KH-0654 STATE EX REL. HONORE N. ESTES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify">2015-CI-0683 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSHUA CAVANAUGH (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify">2015-KK-2027 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL ROBERTSON (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify">2015-C -2110 KENNER PLUMBING SUPPLY, INC., FUTURE PROPERTY INVESTMENTS AND MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY v. RUSICH DETAILING, INC., DCL DEVELOPMENT LLC, CROWN MOTORS, INC., RUSICH COLLISION CENTER, BYRON RUSICH, D/B/A RUSICH COLLISION CENTER, GARY RUSICH D/B/A RUSICH COLLISION CENTER, LAWRENCE RUSICH, D/B/A RUSICH COLLISION CENTER AND RUSICH COLLISION CENTER, A PARTNERSHIP COMPOSED OF BYRON RUSICH, LAWRENCE RUSICH AND GARY RUSICH (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify">2015-C -2112 KENNER PLUMBING SUPPLY, INC., FUTURE PROPERTY INVESTMENTS AND MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY v. RUSICH DETAILING, INC., DCL DEVELOPMENT LLC, CROWN MOTORS, INC., RUSICH COLLISION CENTER, BYRON RUSICH, D/B/A RUSICH COLLISION CENTER, GARY RUSICH D/B/A RUSICH COLLISION CENTER, LAWRENCE RUSICH, D/B/A RUSICH COLLISION CENTER AND RUSICH COLLISION CENTER, A PARTNERSHIP COMPOSED OF BYRON RUSICH, LAWRENCE RUSICH AND GARY RUSICH (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify">2015-C -2115 KENNER PLUMBING SUPPLY, INC., FUTURE PROPERTY INVESTMENTS AND MARYLAND CASUALTY COMPANY v. RUSICH DETAILING, INC., DCL DEVELOPMENT LLC, CROWN MOTORS, INC., RUSICH COLLISION CENTER, BYRON RUSICH, D/B/A RUSICH COLLISION CENTER, GARY RUSICH D/B/A RUSICH COLLISION CENTER, LAWRENCE RUSICH, D/B/A RUSICH COLLISION CENTER AND RUSICH COLLISION CENTER, A PARTNERSHIP COMPOSED OF BYRON RUSICH, LAWRENCE RUSICH AND GARY RUSICH (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify">2015-CC-2160 ANGELA RAMEY HUTCHINSON, ET AL. v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant and reinstate the District Court’s ruling.<br />KNOLL, J., would grant and reinstate the District Court’s ruling.<br />HUGHES, J., would grant and reinstate the District Court’s ruling.</p><p align="justify">2015-C -2180 CHASE HOME FINANCE, LLC v. GAIL MARIE VANCE (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify">2015-CC-2228 CHRISTY STRICKLAND, ET AL. v. COMMUNITY HEALTH SYSTEMS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Vernon)</p><p align="justify">2015-C -2231 MARY E. ROPER v. THE EAST BATON ROUGE METROPOLITAN COUNCIL, THE GOVERNING BODY OF THE CITY OF BATON ROUGE AND PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGH WHICH MAY BE SERVED THROUGH ITS MAYOR PRO-TEMPORE, CHANDLER LOUPE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify">2015-CC-2249 B. BRADLEY ALPAUGH v. SCOTT PONOROFF AND STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2015-KK-2250 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SADIE BROWN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2015-C -2258 T. ALLEN WALKER v. JIFF HINGLE, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS SHERIFF OF PLAQUEMINES PARISH, AND THE PLAQUEMINES PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE AND/OR PLAQUEMINES PARISH GOVERNMENT (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p align="justify">2015-KK-2260 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LANCE JAMES ROMERO (Parish of Vermilion)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2015-CC-2271 MARY C. ARDILLO v. PROGRESSIVE PALOVERDE INSURANCE COMPANY, SAFECO INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA, TRYSTAN M. ESCHETE, SOUTHEAST REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER, INC., HOUSTON SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, COMMAND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES, LLC AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p align="justify">2015-C -2272 RAMANAND NAIK v. UNITED RENTALS, INC., RSC EQUIPMENT RENTAL, INC., LIBERTY MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY AND NATHANIEL ANTHONY (Parish of Caddo)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p>
<p align="justify">2015-C -2320 YVONNE TON AND ARISTIDE TON v. ALBERTSON'S, LLC AND ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify">2015-CC-2330 JEFFREY LYN MERCER v. JADA BANKS MERCER (Parish of Richland)</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-0084 JERRY LEE BALDWIN v. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA SYSTEM, THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE, AND NELSON SCHEXNAYDER, INDIVIDUALLY, AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-0141 JERRY LEE BALDWIN v. THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA SYSTEM, THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE, AND NELSON SCHEXNAYDER, INDIVIDUALLY, AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS FOR THE UNIVERSITY OF LOUISIANA AT LAFAYETTE (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.</p>