<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 #027</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>2nd day of May, 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(S) DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KD-0714 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KAYTRELL SANDERS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>3rd day of May, 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(S) DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CC-0725 MITCHELL ROMERO v. PRECISION HOLDINGS, LLC, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)</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;">2017-C-0423 DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE, STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JAZZ CASINO COMPANY, LLC (Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals)</p><p style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">On the <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>12th day of May, 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-0043 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CALVIN LOUIS NOEL, III AKA - CALVIN NOEL (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-K-0797 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KEITH C. KISACK (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-OK-0081 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CALVIN LEWIS (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KK-0448 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. KAYLA BRIGNAC (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KK-0557 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. AVERY JULIEN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0257 IBERVILLE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD v. LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION C/W LOUISIANA ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS, CADDO ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS,CALCASIEU ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS,INC., CONCORDIA ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS, THE EAST BATION ROUGE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS, LAFAYETTE PARISH ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS, MADISON ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS, MONROE ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS, ST. LANDRY ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS, ST. MARY ASSOCIATION OF EDUCATORS, ANN BURRUSS, REV. OSCAR HAMILTON, DEBORAH HARGRAVE, MELINDA WALLER MANGHAM AND THOMAS TATE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THE LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED IN PART; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16KO0178.pc.pdf">2016-KO-0178 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALFRED HARRISON</a> (Parish of St. Tammany)<br /><a href="/opinions/2017/16KO0178.bjj.dis.pdf">JOHNSON, C.J., dissents in part and assigns reasons</a>.<br /><a href="/opinions/2017/16KO0178.jlw.con.pdf">WEIMER, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons</a>.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED WITH ORDER:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CC-0269 TINA LEONARD, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER DECEASED HUSBAND, JOHN BENJAMIN CAMPBELL v. BEAUREGARD TORRES, III, POINTE COUPEE PARISH SHERIFF, AND CAPTAIN MICHAEL HEBERT, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS CAPACITY AS WARDEN OF THE POINTE COUPEE DETENTION CENTER (Parish of Pointe Coupee)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would deny.<br />WEIMER, J., would deny.<br />GENOVESE, J., would deny.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KP-0558 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LATRELL COLEMAN (Parish of Orleans)<br />WEIMER, J., would deny the writ application.<br />HUGHES, J., would deny the writ application.<br />GENOVESE, J., would deny the writ application.</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-K-0936 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOVAN MURPHY (Parish of Ascension)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>JOINT PETITION FOR CONSENT DISCIPLINE ACCEPTED; SEE PER CURIAM:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/17B0370.PC.pdf">2017-B-0370 IN RE: DWIGHT D. POIRRIER</a></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION(S) FOR RECONSIDERATION NOT CONSIDERED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0264 DELTA LAND & INVESTMENTS, LLC v. HUNTER ESTATES, INC., ET AL. (Parish of Madison)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant the reconsideration.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0290 WILLIAM DAWSON, INDIVIDUALLY, AND AS SURVIVING FATHER OF WIILLIS BATISTE v. ASWALD FALGOUT, RYAN SINGLETON, HARRY LEE, IN HIS CAPACITY AS SHERIFF OF JEFFERSON PARISH, AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY C/W PHYLLIS BATISTE, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE NATURAL TUTOR OF HER MINOR CHILDREN, JASMINE SEARS AND BRYANT SEARS, JR. AND WILLIAM BATISTE v. HARRY LEE IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS SHERIFF OF JEFFERSON PARISH; ASWARD FALGOUT, INDIVIDUALLY, AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS JEFFERSON PARISH DEPUTY SHERIFF; RYAN SINGLETON, INDIVIDUALLY, AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS A JEFFERSON PARISH DEPUTY SHERIFF; HOSPITAL SERVICE DISTRICT NO. 1, JEFFERSON PARISH D/B/A WEST JEFFERSON MEDICAL CENTER; AND BOYD EDWARDS (Parish of Jefferson)</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/2017/17B0387.PC.pdf">2017-B-0387 IN RE: JOHNNY S. ANZALONE</a><br />JOHNSON, C.J., concurs.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>PETITION FOR LEAVE TO APPEAL DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-OB-0375 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 16-PDB-088</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>APPLICATION(S) FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED:</strong></span></p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2015-KH-1987 STATE EX REL. EDUARDO ROBINSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2015-KH-1998 STATE EX REL. OTIS MCKINLEY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Avoyelles)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KH-0059 STATE EX REL. RODNEY JOHNSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-BA-0254 IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-9711</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/2017/16-0033.kh.pc.pdf">2016-KH-0033 STATE EX REL. MARK Q. TAYLOR, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0038.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-0038 STATE EX REL. DAVID HAMILTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0040.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-0040 STATE EX REL. KENNETH DEWAYNE PALMER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0052.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-0052 STATE EX REL. TRACY HARRIS, SR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Vermilion)<br />GENOVESE, J., recused.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0053.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-0053 STATE EX REL. KEVIN ALEXANDER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Jefferson)<br /><a href="/opinions/2017/16KH0053.jdh.dis.pdf">HUGHES, J., would grant the writ</a>.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0059.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-0059 STATE EX REL. JEREMY PEROT v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0066.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-0066 STATE EX REL. ARTHUR "BUTCH" GAINES v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Ascension)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0068.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-0068 STATE EX REL. JOHN R. THOMAS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0069.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-0069 STATE EX REL. KENYA J. WATSON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0070.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-0070 STATE EX REL. JOSEPH SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0098-KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-0098 STATE EX REL. JOHN E. SPELLMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0100.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-0100 STATE EX REL. JOE BROWN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of St. James)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0125.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-0125 STATE EX REL. DARNELL LEWIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0126.KH.PC.pdf">2016-KH-0126 STATE EX REL. DERRICK FORD v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"><a href="/opinions/2017/16-0549.KP.pc.pdf">2016-KP-0549 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. CARL LABAT</a> (Parish of Orleans)</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;">2016-KH-0071 STATE EX REL. TYRONE CLOFER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-KP-0626 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DAMIAN FINLEY (Parish of Jackson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-K-0902 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. IRVIN HARRIS (Parish of Jefferson)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant in part.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-K-0930 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BOBBY CHRISTOPHER ISIDORE (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-KO-0992 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSEPH MCKINNEY (Parish of Ascension)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-KO-1043 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JASON WESLEY HOLCOMBE (Parish of Livingston)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-KO-1054 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. COREY P. THOMAS (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-KO-1069 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DARRIUS G. CLEMENTS (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-KO-1090 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROSALYN FAITH BREAUX (Parish of Jefferson Davis)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-KO-1102 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. TOMMY LEE WILSON (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-K-1166 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DESMON STEWART (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-KO-1210 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ALFRED CARTER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2016-K-1298 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DANIEL NIX (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CC-0344 ROBERT GROS v. STMG LAPEYRE, LLC D/B/A ST. MARY GALVANIZING COMPANY, LLC (Parish of Terrebonne)<br />GUIDRY, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CC-0404 CELESTE SNIPES PARKER, ET AL. v. MINDEN MEDICAL CENTER (Office of Workers’ Compensation, District 1W)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KK-0469 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHAEL BAUGH (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0470 WATERWORKS DISTRICT NO. 1 OF DESOTO PARISH v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY & CORRECTIONS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CC-0471 DANIEL JUDE SCHNEBELEN v. OUR LADY OF THE LAKE REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0473 JOSHUA PETROZZIELLO AND JENNIFER PETROZZIELLO v. THERMADYNE HOLDINGS CORPORATION, THERMADYNE INDUSTRIES, INC., VICTOR EQUIPMENT COMPANY, NOWAY, INC., AND EMPLOYERS FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0476 JOHN COOPER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF HIS MINOR CHILD, ANNA CATHRYN COOPER, AND JULIE COOPER v. KAMAKSHYA P. PATRA, M.D., ROBERT DAVIS JACKSON. M.D., HORACIO RUBEN D'AGOSTINO, M.D., AND LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SHREVEPORT/LSU MEDICAL CENTER-SHREVEPORT (Parish of Caddo)<br />GENOVESE, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CC-0479 IN RE: MARSHALL LEGACY FOUNDATION (Parish of Calcasieu)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0481 JOHN COOPER, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF HIS MINOR CHILD, ANNA CATHRYN COOPER, AND JULIE COOPER v. KAMAKSHYA P. PATRA, M.D., ROBERT DAVIS JACKSON. M.D., HORACIO RUBEN D'AGOSTINO, M.D., AND LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER SHREVEPORT/LSU MEDICAL CENTER-SHREVEPORT (Parish of Caddo)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0492 ALICE CUMPTON, LEO BURGESS CUMPTON, II, AND MELISSA CUMPTON MORRIS v. ST. FRANCIS SPECIALTY HOSPITAL, INC. AND LOUISIANA PATIENT'S COMPENSATION FUND (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0495 GEORGE R. TRELLES v. CONTINENTAL CASUALTY CO. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0496 MICHAEL SWINEA v. HUMANA INC. (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CC-0497 PRENTISS BAKER AND SHERYL WIGINTON, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED v. PHC-MINDEN, L.P. D/B/A MINDEN MEDICAL CENTER (Parish of Webster)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CC-0498 GLORIA VALLARE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED v. VILLE PLATTE MEDICAL CENTER, LLC AND LOUISIANA HEALTH SERVICE AND INDEMNITY CO., D/B/A BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Evangeline)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0499 ROBERT CHERAMIE AND HIS WIFE EMMA CHERAMIE v. PORT FOURCHON MARINA, INC. (Parish of Lafourche)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0500 201 ST. CHARLES PLACE, LLC v. THE LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION, ERROLL G. WILLIAMS, IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS ASSESSOR FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS, AND NORMAN FOSTER, IN HIS CAPACITY AS CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER OF CITY OF NEW ORLEANS DEPARTMENT OF FINANCE AND EX-OFFICIO TAX COLLECTOR FOR THE PARISH OF ORLEANS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0501 ROBERT J. "BOBBY" CROWE, SHERIFF OF WASHINGTON PARISH v. BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATION OF LOUISIANA, LLC C/W ROBERT J. "BOBBY" CROWE, SHERIFF OF WASHINGTON PARISH v. AMERISOURCEBERGEN DRUG CORPORATION (Parish of Washington)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-C-0502 ROBERT J. "BOBBY" CROWE, SHERIFF OF WASHINGTON PARISH v. BIO-MEDICAL APPLICATION OF LOUISIANA, LLC C/W ROBERT J. "BOBBY" CROWE, SHERIFF OF WASHINGTON PARISH v. AMERISOURCEBERGEN DRUG CORPORATION (Parish of Washington)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CC-0513 GLORIA VALLARE, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED v. VILLE PLATTE MEDICAL CENTER, LLC, AND LOUISIANA HEALTH SERVICE AND INDEMNITY CO, D/B/A BLUE CROSS BLUE SHIELD OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Evangeline)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-KK-0628 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. WENDELL GARCIA (Parish of Orleans)</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CC-0657 JEREMY SHPEHARD AND EMILY SHEPHERD AND MICHAEL JACKSON AND TAMISIA JACKSON v. AIX ENERGY INC, AIX OPERATING COMPANY BEAR CREEK SERVICES, LLC, NATIONAL UNION INSURANCE COMPANY, AVERY GRAVES, IV, REPUBLIC WELL TESTING, LLC (Parish of Caddo)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;">2017-CK-0730 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF M.J. (Parish of Orleans)<br /><a href="/opinions/2017/17CK0730.sjc.AddCon.pdf">CRICHTON, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons</a>.<br />GENOVESE, J., would grant.</p><p align="justify" style="text-align:justify;"> </p><p align="justify"> </p>