<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 #072</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 December, 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>JOINT PETITION FOR INTERIM SUSPENSION GRANTED; SEE ORDER:</strong></span></p><p align="justify"><a href="/opinions/2016/16B2003.PC.pdf">2016-B-2003 IN RE: TRISHA ANN WARD</a></p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2016-CC-2103 JULIUS DAVID BOURKE v. EXXONMOBIL CORPORATION, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)<br />CRICHTON, J., would grant and docket.</p><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>2nd day of December, 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 NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2016-KK-2117 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRUCE POLLARD AND WENDELL JACKSON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify"> </p><p align="justify">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>5th day of December, 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 WITH ORDER:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2016-KK-1800 STATE LOUISIANA v. MORGAN HUTCHINSON (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />HUGHES, J., would deny.</p><p align="justify">2016-KK-1850 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. SHAWN BARABIN (Parish of St. Mary)<br />WEIMER, J., would deny.<br />HUGHES, J., would deny.</p><p align="justify">2016-OK-2052 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALIREZA SADEGHI (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2016-KK-1829 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EBIN ROUSELL (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2016-C-1884 LORRAINE ELAINE ROEBUCK, WIFE OF RODNEY ROEBUCK v. RODNEY LEON ROEBUCK (Parish of St. Bernard)<br />KNOLL, J., would grant and consider the merits.</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2015-KP-2212 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSHUA RECASNER (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify">2015-CI-1860 JERRY SIMMONS v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify">2015-KO-1963 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KENDRICK WARREN (Parish of Webster)</p><p align="justify">2015-K-2111 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FRANCISCO HERNANDEZ (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify">2016-KO-0027 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TYRONE B. JONES (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2016-KO-1329 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES EARL (Parish of Washington)</p><p align="justify">2016-K-1349 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. AARON KITZLER (Parish of Washington)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.<br /><a href="/opinions/2016/16K1349.sjc.Would_Grant.pdf">CRICHTON, J., would grant and assigns reasons</a>.</p><p align="justify">2016-C-1798 ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, ET AL. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THE LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY & SECONDARY EDUCATION, AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2016-KK-1818 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TARYN BLUME (Parish of Orleans)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1834 IMAD F. HAMDAN AND KHADIJA HAMDAN v. GEOVERA SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1840 ERIC GILLARD, RAY BYRD, ANDRE CARTER, NICHOLAS WILLIAMS, AND GEORGE OLIVIER v. CITY OF NEW ORLEANS POLICE DEPARTMENT (Parish of Orleans)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1847 GINGER LEIGH HAVARD v. CATHERINE L. DAVIDSON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1849 AMANDA BERTRAND v. PROGRESSIVE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1854 DEMITRIUS PERRODIN, ET AL. v. CITY OF ALEXANDRIA, ET AL. (Parish of Rapides)</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1858 ELIANA AMPARO SOTO v. ALIREZA SADEGHI (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2016-C-1859 SHAWN VERGES v. AMTRUST NORTH AMERICA AND COMMUNITY LEADERS ADVOCACY FOR SUCCESS (Office of Workers’ Compensation, District 8)</p><p align="justify">2016-C-1860 GALLAGHER BASSETT SERVICES, INC./NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY AS SUBROGEE OF APRIL CELESTINE v. CANAL INSURANCE COMPANY AND APRIL CELESTINE AND OM LOGISTICS, LLC (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1861 SWEPI, LP v. RED RIVER PARISH TAX AGENCY & ELAINE MOORE IN HER CAPACITY AS TAX ADMINISTRATOR OF RED RIVER PARISH TAX AGENCY (Parish of Red River)</p><p align="justify">2016-KK-1864 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. VICTOR BECNEL (Parish of Jefferson)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.<br />CLARK, J., would grant.<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2016-C-1869 CELIA JONES BEZOU v. JACQUES F. BEZOU (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify">2016-KK-1891 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RD SANDBOM (Parish of Ascension)</p><p align="justify">2016-C-1902 EVELYN J. MENARD v. COX COMMUNICATIONS LOUISIANA, INC. AKA COXCOM, INC., STATE OF LOUISIANA-DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, ENTERGY CORPORATION, PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, AND STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1904 AMON MERRITT AND SANDRA MERRITT v. TEXACO INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify">2016-CC-1914 ANTHONY TOWNSEND v. MAX HIMMEL, CHAD HIMMEL, JERRY HIMMEL, AND HIMMEL'S HARDWARE & CABINETS, INC. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify">2016-KK-2010 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TAYLOR MCINTYRE (Parish of Orleans)</p>