<table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:justify;" 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 #039</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><div style="text-align:justify;"><p>On the <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">31st day of August, 2018</span></strong>, the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) GRANTED; SEE PER CURIAM</span></strong>:</p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/14-1449.KA.PC.pdf">2014-KA-1449 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ROBERT LEROY MCCOY</a> (Parish of Bossier)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/16-2150.KP.PC.pdf">2016-KP-2150 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARY HENDERSON TRAHAN</a> (Parish of Lafayette)<br /><a href="/opinions/2018/16-2150.KP.ggg.dis.pdf">GUIDRY, J., would deny.</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2018/16-2150.KP.mrc.dis.pdf">CLARK, J., would deny.</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2018/16-2150.KP.jtg.dis.pdf">GENOVESE, J., would deny.</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/17-0302.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-0302 STATE EX REL. LEE ROY JENKINS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of East Feliciana)<br /><a href="/opinions/2018/17-0302.KH.jlw.dis.pdf">WEIMER, J., would remand to the district court for a hearing.</a><br />CLARK, J., would deny.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/17-1749.K.PC.pdf">2017-K-1749 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. BRANDON BOYD</a> (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br /><a href="/opinions/2018/17-1749.K.jtg.woulddeny.pdf">GENOVESE, J., would deny.</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/18-0604.KK.pc.pdf">2018-KK-0604 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JACOB JOHNSTON</a> (Parish of Ouachita)<br /><a href="/opinions/2018/18-0604.KK.jtg.woulddeny.pdf">GENOVESE, J., would deny.</a></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">CONDITIONAL ADMISSION GRANTED; SEE PER CURIAM</span></strong>:</p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/17-2125.BA.PC.pdf">2017-BA-2125 IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-55</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2018/17-2125.BA.jdh.dis.pdf">HUGHES, J., would grant admission without conditions.</a></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">JOINT PETITION FOR CONSENT DISCIPLINE ACCEPTED; SEE PER CURIAM</span></strong>:</p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/18-1098.B.PC.pdf">2018-B-1098 IN RE: MICHAEL J. BILLIOT</a></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">SUSPENSION ORDERED; SEE PER CURIAM</span></strong>:</p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/18-0637.B.PC.pdf">2018-B-0637 IN RE: NEIL DENNIS WILLIAM MONTGOMERY</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2018/18-0637.B.mrc.dis.pdf">CLARK, J., dissents and assigns reasons.</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2018/18-0637.B.sjc.dis.pdf">CRICHTON, J., dissents in part and assigns reasons.</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/18-0638.B.PC.pdf">2018-B-0638 IN RE: NICHOLE GOUDEAU</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2018/18-0638.B.jdh.dis.pdf">HUGHES, J., dissents and assigns reasons.</a></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">PETITION FOR ADMISSION TO THE LOUISIANA BAR DENIED; SEE PER CURIAM</span></strong>:</p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/17-0796.BA.PC.pdf">2017-BA-0796 IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN392775</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2018/17-0796.BA.bjj.dis.pdf">JOHNSON, C.J., would conditionally admit.</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2018/17-0796.BA.jdh.dis.pdf">HUGHES, J., would conditionally admit.</a></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">LEAVE TO APPEAL DENIED</span></strong>:</p><p>2018-OB-0467 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NOS. 17-PDB-091, 17-PDB-092,17-PDB-095,17-PDB-096</p><p>2018-OB-0657 IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 17-PDB-093<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) NOT CONSIDERED</span></strong>:</p><p>2017-CI-0810 RENE NETTER v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2018-CC-0639 ZACHARY ZAUNBRECHER, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HIS DECEASED FATHER, MICHAEL BLAKE ZAUNBRECHER v. MARISSA MARTIN, JEREMY PONTHIEUX, AND NATHAN PONTHIER (Parish of Avoyelles)</p><p>2018-C-0648 JOEL GUZMAN v. JAGO SOLUTIONS, LLC, ET AL. (Office of Workers’ Compensation, District 4)</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION NOT CONSIDERED</span></strong>:</p><p>2017-KO-0662 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DON MICHAEL ANDREW, JR. (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2018-CC-0399 WILLIAM AND IMELDA WILHITE v. HEATH BRIAN VEILLON (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">APPLICATION FOR RECONSIDERATION DENIED</span></strong>:</p><p>2018-KH-0159 STATE EX REL. CLARENCE WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Charles)</p><p>2018-C-0589 WILL HARRIS, JR. v. AMERICAN HOME ASSURANCE COMPANY, HEALTHCARE CASUALTY INSURANCE LIMITED, AGGREKO, LLC AND TOURO INFIRMARY (Parish of Orleans)<br />CLARK, J., would grant.<br /><a href="/opinions/2018/18-0589.C.sjc.wouldgrant.pdf">CRICHTON, J., would grant and assigns reasons.</a></p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">STAY DENIED; WRIT APPLICATION DENIED</span></strong>:</p><p>2018-CC-1082 KENNETH BERTHELOT v. RUSSELL INDOVINA, PROGRESSIVE SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, AND PRO-MAG INSPECTIONS, LLC (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED; MOOT</span></strong>:</p><p>2013-KD-0895 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MICHELLE BENJAMIN (Parish of Orleans)</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED; SEE PER CURIAM</span></strong>:</p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/17-0158.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-0158 STATE EX REL. LUTHER HICKMAN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA </a>(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/17-0207.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-0207 STATE EX REL. WILLIAM BAHAM v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/17-0806.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-0806 STATE EX. REL. CORTRELL L. BROOKS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Desoto)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/17-0836.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-0836 STATE EX. REL. JONATHAN JACITO FRANK v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/17-0840.KP.PC.pdf">2017-KP-0840 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. NATHAN R. DELONG</a> (Parish of Grant)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/17-0898.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-0898 STATE EX REL. VIDALE G. TASBY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/17-0912.KP.PC.pdf">2017-KP-0912 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LOGAN NESTOR MILLS</a> (Parish of Washington)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/17-0924.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-0924 STATE EX REL. DELBERT CELESTINE v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Orleans)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/17-0962.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-0962 STATE EX REL. JAMES SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2018/17-1075.KH.PC.pdf">2017-KH-1075 STATE EX REL. ADRIAN WILLIAMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">WRIT APPLICATION(S) DENIED</span></strong>:</p><p>2017-KH-0216 STATE EX REL. MICHAEL W. COLTON v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Beauregard)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p>2017-KH-0833 STATE EX. REL. THEODORE SMITH v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p>2017-KH-0843 STATE EX. REL. DEONTAY D. HARDY v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p>2017-KH-0849 STATE EX REL. KENNETH DUROSSEAU v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Evangeline)</p><p>2017-KH-0889 STATE EX REL. DALE MILLER v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Lafayette)<br />GENOVESE, J., recused.</p><p>2017-KH-0902 STATE EX REL. LEONARD CAIN v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Webster)</p><p>2017-KH-0981 STATE EX REL. DONTRALE PHILLIPS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Rapides)</p><p>2017-KH-0992 STATE EX REL. DONALD LEE LEGER, JR. v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p>2017-KH-0994 STATE EX REL. LARRY W. SIMS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA (Parish of Caddo)<br />CRICHTON, J., recused.</p><p>2017-KO-1147 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DONALD DICKERSON (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br /><a href="/opinions/2018/17-1147.KO.sjc.conc.pdf">CRICHTON, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons.</a></p><p>2017-KO-1153 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. MARLON FRANK THOMAS (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p>2017-K-1743 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. COREY SCOTT (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2017-KO-1890 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JOSHUA MICHAEL MITCHELL (Parish of Livingston)</p><p>2017-K-2011 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. JASON M. LUTZ (Parish of Pointe Coupee)</p><p>2018-C-0629 AARON ALLEN STALL v. MERCURY INS. CO. OF FLORIDA, ET AL. (Parish of Lafayette)<br />GENOVESE, J., would grant.</p><p>2018-C-0635 METALS USA PLATES & SHAPES SOUTHEAST, INC. C/W O'NEAL STEEL LOUISIANA, LLC v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE (Louisiana Board of Tax Appeals) <br />WEIMER, J., would grant.<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p>2018-C-0636 JAMES CRAWFORD BAILEY v. VEOLIA ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES (Office of Workers’ Compensation, District 3)<br />JOHNSON, C.J., would grant.<br />WEIMER, J., would grant.<br />GENOVESE, J., would grant.</p><p>2018-CC-0642 DONNA SUTTON v. ATLANTIC SPECIALTY INS. CO. AND THE CITY OF WESTLAKE (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p>2018-CC-0643 SCOTTIE MCCOY v. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY AND DAVID COMEAUX (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)</p><p>2018-CC-0645 PONTCHARTRAIN NATURAL GAS SYSTEM, K/D/S PROMIX, L.L.C., AND ACADIAN GAS PIPELINE SYSTEM v. TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, LLC (Parish of Assumption)</p><p>2018-CC-0646 CROSSTEX ENERGY SERVICES, LP, CROSSTEX LIG, LLC, AND CROSSTEX PROCESSING SERVICES, LLC v. TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, LLC, ET AL. (Parish of Assumption)</p><p>2018-CC-0650 JOSEPH SLAY v. PHYSICIANS MEDICAL CENTER, JANE DOE AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY (Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p>2018-OC-0655 HECTOR L. ALONSO HUSBAND OF/AND MARIA D. ALONSO v. TULANE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER, ET AL. (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2018-CC-0660 GUSTAVE J. LABARRE, JR., ET AL. v. TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, LLC AND GEORGIA GULF CHEMICAL & VINYLS, LLC (Parish of Assumption)</p><p>2018-CC-0665 IN RE: PMJ HOUMA LAND, LLC (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p>2018-C-0666 PHILLIP DERON WASHINGTON v. MAGNOLIA MANOR NURSING HOME AND REHABILITATION, L.L.C., ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p>2018-KK-0669 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. PATRICK NEWTON HARRIS (Parish of Bossier)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.<br />GENOVESE, J., would grant.</p><p>2018-CC-0671 RAPIDES REGIONAL MEDICAL CENTER v. THE CITY OF PINEVILLE FIRE DEPARTMENT (Office of Workers’ Compensation, District 2)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant in part.</p><p>2018-KK-0676 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. AUGUST GARNETT (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2018-C-0682 PHILLIP DERON WASHINGTON v. MAGNOLIA MANOR NURSING HOME AND REHABILITATION, L.L.C., ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p>2018-C-0685 PHILLIP DERON WASHINGTON v. MAGNOLIA MANOR NURSING HOME AND REHABILITATION, L.L.C., ET AL. (Parish of Caddo)</p><p>2018-KD-0742 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. ONTRELL WASHINGTON (Parish of Orleans)<br />WEIMER, J., would grant and docket.<br />CLARK, J., would grant and docket.<br /><a href="/opinions/2018/18-0742.KD.sjc.wouldgrant.pdf">CRICHTON, J., would grant and assigns reasons.</a></p><p>2018-CC-0786 GUSTAVE J. LABARRE, JR., RAMONA H. TALBOT, HOWARD J. DUPRE, III, GAIL D. BOUDREAUX, FLOYD A. LABARRE, MARLENE L. FOLSE, CHERYL D. DAIGLE, HENRY R. LAWES, JR., SIDNEY J. HERNANDEZ, JUNE D. BOUCHEREAU, LOUIS P. LEBLANC JR., PEIRRE F.V. DELABARRE IV, MARY G. DELABARRE, KATHERINE D. LABARRE, ANDRE P.V. DELABARRE, GILBERT J. DUPRE JR., GRANT J. DUPRE, GRANTLYN D. WHEELER, ELENA R. LEBLANC, HELEN H. SHAW, ANITA H. WILLIAMS, GERTRUDE L. LANDRY, LYDIA L. SHAVERS, MERRILL L. CORNAY, HARRY J. SIMONEAUX SR., HARRY J. SIMONEAUX JR., AMY SIMONEAUX, LYLE T. SIMONEAUX, JOIE A. SIMONEAUX, SIMONE S. LAWSON, CHRISTOPHER A. SIMONEAUX, GREGORY J. DUPRE, AUGUSTA L. RIFFERT, ALBERT H. LEBLANC JR., MARIA CARMEN DELABARRE, AND LIZARRAGA ENTERPRISES, LLC v. TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, LLC AND GEORGIA GULF CHEMICAL & VINYLS, LCC (Parish of Assumption)</p><p>2018-CC-0787 GUSTAVE J. LABARRE, JR., RAMONA H. TALBOT, HOWARD J. DUPRE, III, GAIL D. BOUDREAUX, FLOYD A. LABARRE, MARLENE L. FOLSE, CHERYL D. DAIGLE, HENRY R. LAWES, JR., SIDNEY J. HERNANDEZ, JUNE D. BOUCHEREAU, LOUIS P. LEBLANC JR., PEIRRE F.V. DELABARRE IV, MARY G. DELABARRE, KATHERINE D. LABARRE, ANDRE P.V. DELABARRE, GILBERT J. DUPRE JR., GRANT J. DUPRE, GRANTLYN D. WHEELER, ELENA R. LEBLANC, HELEN H. SHAW, ANITA H. WILLIAMS, GERTRUDE L. LANDRY, LYDIA L. SHAVERS, MERRILL L. CORNAY, HARRY J. SIMONEAUX SR., HARRY J. SIMONEAUX JR., AMY SIMONEAUX, LYLE T. SIMONEAUX, JOIE A. SIMONEAUX, SIMONE S. LAWSON, CHRISTOPHER A. SIMONEAUX, GREGORY J. DUPRE, AUGUSTA L. RIFFERT, ALBERT H. LEBLANC JR., MARIA CARMEN DELABARRE, AND LIZARRAGA ENTERPRISES, LLC v. TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, LLC AND GEORGIA GULF CHEMICAL & VINYLS, LCC (Parish of Assumption)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p>2018-KH-0810 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. DALE ROBIN MILLER (Parish of Lafayette)<br />GENOVESE, J., recused.</p><p>2018-KK-0870 STATE OF LOUISIANA v. LUIS CONDE (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2018-CJ-0954 IN RE: ALR AND BAR (Parish of Iberia)</p><p>2018-CC-0983 KIDNAMERIAN TSEGAYE v. SOUTHERN WOLF CONSTRUCTION, LLC (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p>2018-CJ-1025 CHRISTOPHER M. BAGWELL v. BRITTANY O. BAGWELL (Parish of Bossier)<br /><a href="/opinions/2018/18-1025.jdh.dis.pdf">HUGHES, J., would grant and assigns reasons.</a></p><p>2018-CI-1032 THEODORE SMITH v. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS (Parish of E. Baton Rouge)<br />WEIMER, J., recused.</p><p>2018-CJ-1043 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF K.N. 03/12/2012 (NOW K.B.) (Parish of Livingston)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p>2018-CC-1086 KWAME BENNETT v. MICHAEL MOSCONA, ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST PARISH COUNCIL, AND AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE CORPORATION (Parish of St. John)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p>2018-CC-1089 MIGUEL JASSO AND REYNA JASSO SALAZAR v. SOUTHERN RECYCLING, LLC, EMR (USA HOLDINGS) INC., AND ERIC CONLEY (Parish of Orleans)</p><p>2018-CJ-1092 STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF A.A.S. AND A.M.C.S. (Parish of Lafourche)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p>2018-C-1138 WAYNE J. MENDOZA, SR. v. LISA ALLEN MENDOZA (Parish of St. Bernard)</p><p>2018-CJ-1143 STATE IN THE INTEREST OF H.J.B. (Parish of Lafayette)<br />HUGHES, J., would grant.</p><p>2018-CJ-1219 BRANDON M. DONAHUE v. SARAH ANN DONAHUE (Parish of St. Tammany)<br />GUIDRY, J., recused.</p><p>2018-CJ-1259 CALLIE ANN ELLIOTT VICE v. PATRICK CHARLES VICE (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p> </p><p> </p></div>