<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 #023</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 align="justify"> </p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>11th day of April, 2017</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>STAY DENIED; RECONSIDERATION NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0194 DWIGHT BRIDGES v. ANTOINETTE ANDERSON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium;margin-bottom:0px;text-align:justify;"> </p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>13th day of April, 2017</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>STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KD-0568 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROLANDUS CAMPBELL (Parish of Orleans)<br />CLARK, 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>21st day of April, 2017</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>STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0629 PIERRE A. MCGRAW v. THE CITY OF NEW ORLEANS AND HON. MITCHELL J. LANDRIEU, IN HIS CAPACITY AS MAYOR OF NEW ORLEANS (Parish of Orleans)<br /><a href="/opinions/2017/17C0629.ggg.pdf">GUIDRY, J., would grant and docket, being of the opinion this case presents important legal issues that should be considered by the court following briefing and oral argument</a>.<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.<br /><a href="/opinions/2017/17C0629.sjc.wouldgrant.pdf">CRICHTON, J., would grant and order briefing, oral argument, and issue an opinion</a>.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>23rd day of April, 2017</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>STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KD-0648 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES ARBUTHNOT (Parish of Orleans)<br />GUIDRY, J., would grant.<br />CLARK, J., would grant.<br />CRICHTON, 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>24th day of April, 2017</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;">2016-K-0750 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FAHIM A. SHAIKH (Parish of Beauregard)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CC-0482 PHILIP SHELTON v. NANCY PAVON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0694.OK.PC.pdf">2016-OK-0694 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHARLES BABINEAUX</a> (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/17-0275.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-0275 STATE EX REL. DWAYNE LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/17-0356.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-0356 STATE EX REL. JOSEPH D. BLUEFORD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/17-0376.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-0376 STATE EX REL. MARCUS T. PERRY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Morehouse)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/17-0377.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-0377 STATE EX REL. MIGUEL A. ENCINAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Jefferson Davis)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/17-0386.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-0386 STATE EX REL. RONNIE YORK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/17-0545.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-0545 STATE EX REL. JOHN LUTRULL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Concordia)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/17-0548.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-0548 STATE EX REL. RICHARD NATHANIEL MILLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/17-0579.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-0579 STATE EX REL. LESTER R. DYER, III v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/17-0588.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-0588 STATE EX REL. DOLPH FINLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Rapides)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-KO-1662 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ERICK DEWAYNE SCOTT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KO-0217 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JACORROYN LAVELL WILSON (Parish of Desoto)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KH-0320 STATE EX REL. KENNETH SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KH-0399 STATE EX REL. GEORGE ADONIS CARTER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Pointe Coupee)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CC-0449 MARK DELESDERNIER, JR. ET AL. v. D. DOUGLAS HOWARD, JR. ET AL. (Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KH-0455 STATE EX REL. STEPHEN MICHAEL MCGILL v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CI-0518 LUCAS MCLAUGHLIN v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CI-0542 RON KIRK THOMPSON v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KH-0566 STATE EX REL. DENNIS R. WIGGINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>SUSPENSION IMPOSED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/17B0431.PC.pdf">2017-B-0431 IN RE: JAMES E. MOORMAN, III</a></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/17B0262.PC.pdf">2017-B-0262 IN RE: MARK ANTHONY JOHNSON</a></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION FOR REHEARING(S) DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KK-0020 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRIAN SMITH (Parish of St. John the Baptiste)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KK-0021 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRIAN SMITH (Parish of St. John the Baptiste)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/15-2290.KH.PC.pdf">2015-KH-2290 STATE EX REL. FELIX A. PRICE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/15-2297.KH.PC.pdf">2015-KH-2297 STATE EX REL. KEVIN BESSE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/15-2343.KH.PC.pdf">2015-KH-2343 STATE EX REL. NATHANIEL CULVERSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0001.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-0001 STATE EX REL. DARLENE SIAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0005.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-0005 STATE EX REL. ELBERT RATCLIFF v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0511.KP.PC.pdf">2016-KP-0511 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ANTHONY BELL</a> (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br /><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0511.sjc.con.pdf">CRICHTON, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons</a>.</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;">2015-KH-0770 STATE EX REL. JAMES MICHAEL LAWRENCE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2015-KH-1616 STATE EX REL. JAMES M. LAWRENCE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-CI-0002 DERRICK DAVIS v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-CI-0426 PRESTON G. DEMOUCHETTE, JR. v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-KO-0717 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WILLIE R. JACKSON (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-K-0756 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FAHIM A. SHAIKH (Parish of Beauregard)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-KO-0833 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. FRANKIE BASKIN (Parish of Jefferson)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-KO-0834 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL HEBERT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-KO-0844 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARK WAYNE THIBODEAUX (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />GENOVESE, J., recused.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-KO-0857 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHRISTOPHER H. JOSEPH (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-K-0897 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAMES E. COTTON (Parish of Washington)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-K-0918 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CHRISTOPHER J. WELLS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-K-0920 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DERRICK J. BLAND (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-K-0926 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD LAW (Parish of W. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-KO-0945 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. RIGOBERTO FRAGMESIO VENTURA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-KO-1276 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LEROY A. LODGE (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0288 THOMAS C. ROYER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0393 LAURENCE F. GILLIO v. THE HANOVER AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, GRANITE STATE INSURANCE CO., CHAMPAGNE BEVERAGE CO., CHAMPAGNE BEVERAGE CO. INC., STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE CO., AND KRIS A. SAGONA (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0397 KATHY SAMPERE GORMAN v. THOMAS MATTHEW GORMAN (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />HUGHES, J., recused.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CC-0419 CROSSTEX ENERGY SERVICES, LP, CROSSTEX LIG, LLC AND CROSSTEX PROCESSING SERVICES, LLC v. TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, LLC, ET AL. (Parish of Assumption)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CC-0420 GUSTAVE J. LABARRE, JR. v. OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL COMPANY AND TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, LLC (Parish of Assumption)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KK-0422 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. EARL MACK BROWN (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0426 MICHAEL W. ALLEN v. GRAPHIC PACKAGING INTERNATIONAL, INC. (Office of Workers’ Compensation, District 01E)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CP-0427 GERALD HATCHER v. JEFFREY ROUSE, M.D. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CC-0428 FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY, LLC v. TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, LLC, ET AL. (Parish of Assumption)</p><p style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0429 JONATHAN VINCE AND BRANDI VINCE v. DALE KOONTZ AND STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of St. James)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CC-0436 REGINALD GREEN, ET AL. v. FRANKLIN ELIEZER GARCIA-VICTOR, ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0438 JAMES HUEY FLETCHER AND JANET S. FLETCHER v. ANCO INSULATIONS, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KK-0440 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DIAMINIKE STALBERT & FREDRICK STALBERT (Parish of Orleans)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.<br />GENOVESE, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0442 COURTLAND THOMAS v. NICKY MORRIS AND THEIR INSURER SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0447 VIRGINIA STAFFORD v. EXXON MOBILE CORPORATION, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, LARD OIL COMPANY AND FEDERATED INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Tangipahoa)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.<br />GENOVESE, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CC-0450 MARY ANN YOUNGBLOOD SHEMWELL V. SUCCESSION OF FRANCES ODEN YOUNGBLOOD C/W SUCCESSION OF RAY ODEN YOUNGBLOOD C/W SUCCESSION OF JAMES DEE YOUNGBLOOD, III. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CJ-0543 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF M.J.M. AND T.T.B. C/W STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF J.M., M.M. AND T.B. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p align="justify"></p>