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<div><table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:justify;" width="90%"><tbody><tr valign="top" style=""><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">&nbsp;</td></tr></tbody></table><p>&nbsp;</p><div class="nrbody"><style>.nrbody h1 { display:block; font-size:1em; font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline; } .nrbody p { text-align:justify; } .nrdate { font-weight:bold; text-decoration:underline; } </style><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">1st day of October, 2021</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Writ application granted. See briefing notice and Order.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0981.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-00981&nbsp;ROBERT DEMOTT, ET AL. VS. GULF COAST HOTEL GROUP, L.L.C., ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><h1>Writ application granted. See order:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0779.OC.PC.pdf">2021-OC-00779&nbsp;TAMI JERRIE TURNLEY VS. JOSEPH CHAD TURNLEY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Crain, J., would deny.</p><h1>Writ application granted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0691.C.PC.pdf">2021-C-00691&nbsp;WILLIAM P. DERING VS. KAY W. DERING</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><h1>Writ application granted in part. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0606.KH.PC.pdf">2021-KH-00606&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DAVID LEE WILLIAMS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Washington)</p><h1>Joint petition for consent discipline accepted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-1129.B.PC.pdf">2021-B-01129&nbsp;IN RE: Dante J. Butler</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-1162.B.PC.pdf">2021-B-01162&nbsp;IN RE: HARRY LANE TUTEN, III</a><br />Genovese, J., would reject.</p><h1>Reciprocal discipline imposed. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0602.B.PC.pdf">2021-B-00602&nbsp;IN RE: CYNTHIA ANN LAIN</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0786.B.PC.pdf">2021-B-00786&nbsp;IN RE: JOSEPH HAROLD TURNER, JR.</a></p><h1>Denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0843.OB.action.pdf">2021-OB-00843&nbsp;IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 21-PDB-008</a></p><h1>Writ application transferred to the Court of Appeal. See per curiam.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-1295.KH.PC.pdf">2021-KH-01295&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. IVAN MONCEAUX</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><h1>Application for rehearing denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0371.C.action.re.pdf">2021-C-00371&nbsp;CRESCENT CITY PROPERTY REDEVELOPMENT ASSOCIATION, LLC VS. CARMEN G. MUNIZ; DES CAPITAL, LLC; NEW ORLEANS LAND HOLDINGS, LLC; RICHARD RACHAL SDIRA, LLC; CITY OF NEW ORLEANS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><h1>Application for reconsideration not considered. See La.S.Ct.R. IX, &sect; 1.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0321.KH.action.re.pdf">2021-KH-00321&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BRITISH LAMONT JAMES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Terrebonne)<br />Weimer, C. J., recused in case number 2021-KH-00321 only.</p><h1>Application for reconsideration not considered. See Louisiana Supreme Court Rule IX, &sect; 6:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0334.CC.action.re.pdf">2021-CC-00334&nbsp;FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY, LLC VS. TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, LLC</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Assumption)<br />Crain, J., recused in case number 2021-CC-00334 only.<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br /><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0334.CC.sjc.grant.re.pdf">Crichton, J., would grant and assigns reasons.</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0334.CC.jtg.con.pdf">Genovese, J., concurs in the result and assigns reasons.</a><br />Griffin, J., concurs in the result for reasons assigned by Justice Genovese.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0385.CC.action.re.pdf">2021-CC-00385&nbsp;CROSSTEX ENERGY SERVICES, LP, CROSSTEX LIG, LLC AND CROSSTEX PROCESSING SERVICES, LLC VS. TEXAS BRINE COMPANY, LLC., ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Assumption)<br />Crain, J., recused in case number 2021-CC-00385 only.<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br /><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0385.CC.sjc.grant.pdf">Crichton, J., would grant and assigns reasons.</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0385.CC.jtg.con.pdf">Genovese, J., concurs in the result and assigns reasons.</a><br />Griffin, J., concurs in the result for reasons assigned by Justice Genovese.</p><h1>Application for reconsideration denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/20-1250.KH.action.re.pdf">2020-KH-01250&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BRYANT LEMONT HARRIS, I</a></p><h1>Writ application denied. Applicant has previously exhausted his right to state collateral review. See State ex rel. Johnson v. State, 14-1405 (La. 4/4/16), 187 So.3d 996.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0558.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-00558&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DAVID EARL JOHNSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><h1>Writ application denied. Applicant has previously exhausted his right to state collateral review and fails to show that any exception permits his successive filing. See State ex rel. Weiters v. State, 2015-1699 (La. 11/15/16), 206 So.3d 178.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0745.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-00745&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ROCARLDO WEITERS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><h1>Stay denied. Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-1307.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-01307&nbsp;WASHINGTON-ST. TAMMANY ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. AND CLAIBORNE ELECTRIC COOPERATIVE, INC. VS. LOUISIANA GENERATING, LLC</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Hughes, J., recused in case number 2021-CC-01307 only.</p><h1>Writ application denied. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0556.KH.PC.pdf">2021-KH-00556&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JONATHAN DEWAYNE YORK</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0651.KH.PC.pdf">2021-KH-00651&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DONOVAN THOMPSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0401.K.action.pdf">2021-K-00401&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. FREDERICK C. MANGRUM</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Washington)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br /><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0401.K.sjc.grant.pdf">Crichton, J., would grant and docket and assigns reasons.</a><br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0495.KP.action.pdf">2021-KP-00495&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. MELVIN BROWN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0524.K.action.pdf">2021-K-00524&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. AARON MAURICE YOUNG</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant for reasons assigned by Judge John M.&nbsp;Guidry.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0565.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-00565&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. EDDIE RAY JACKSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Rapides)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0582.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-00582&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RICHARD C. GAMBLE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Vernon)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0711.C.action.pdf">2021-C-00711&nbsp;RASHAD JOHNSON, RHONDA BROWN, LASHE BOUDREAUX AND KAIRON JONES VS. BYRON SCOTT AND THE SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0712.C.action.pdf">2021-C-00712&nbsp;MARGARETE WABNIG VS. THE ESTATE OF GERTRUDE MARIA WABNIG, NORBERT WABNIG, AND PAUL F. WABNIG</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0713.C.action.pdf">2021-C-00713&nbsp;DEON DANNA VS. THE RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL COMPANY, L.L.C., MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC., RUSSELL MILLER, AND ZACHARY CURRY C/W DEON DANNA VS. THE RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL COMPANY, L.L.C., MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC., RUSSELL MILLER AND ZACHARY CURRY C/W DEON DANNA VS. THE RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL COMPANY, L.L.C., MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC., RUSSELL MILLER AND ZACHARY CURRY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0714.C.action.pdf">2021-C-00714&nbsp;DEON DANNA VS. THE RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL COMPANY, L.L.C., MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC., RUSSELL MILLER, AND ZACHARY CURRY C/W DEON DANNA VS. THE RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL COMPANY, L.L.C., MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC., RUSSELL MILLER AND ZACHARY CURRY C/W DEON DANNA VS. THE RITZ-CARLTON HOTEL COMPANY, L.L.C., MARRIOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC., RUSSELL MILLER AND ZACHARY CURRY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0717.KO.action.pdf">2021-KO-00717&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ARTHUR WILLIAMS, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. John the Baptist)<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0720.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-00720&nbsp;ELAINE T. MARSHALL, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS CO-TRUSTEE OF THE MARSHALL LEGACY FOUNDATION AND THE MARSHAL HERITAGE FOUNDATION, ET AL. VS. PRESTON L. MARSHALL</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Genovese, J., recused in case number 2021-CC-00720 only.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0726.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-00726&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DENNIS DICKERSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0729.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-00729&nbsp;ROBERT BLAKE VS. UPTOWN CAF&Egrave;, LLC D/B/A REGINELLI'S PIZZERIA AND STATE FARM FIRE &amp; CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />Crain, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0732.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-00732&nbsp;MID-CITY AUTOMOTIVE, L.L.C. VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS; OFFICE OF STATE POLICE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0738.KK.action.pdf">2021-KK-00738&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. SANDY DAVIS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0742.KK.action.pdf">2021-KK-00742&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DEANDRE FORD</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0747.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-00747&nbsp;DONNA SMITH BROWN VS. THOMAS BROWN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0749.C.action.pdf">2021-C-00749&nbsp;COREY DAVID TREAS VS. CHANTAL ELIZABETH KOERNER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />Genovese, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0754.K.action.pdf">2021-K-00754&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. AKEELEY KESHAWN BLADE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Rapides)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0755.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-00755&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. IRVIN JONES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0758.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-00758&nbsp;MOSAIC FERTILIZER, LLC, NATIONAL UNION FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PITTSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, IRONSHORE SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, LEXINGTON INSURANCE COMPANY, GENERAL SECURITY INDEMNITY COMPANY OF ARIZONA, ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY, CERTAIN UNDERWRITERS SUBSCRIBING TO POLICY NUMBERS WB1100281, AND ZURICH AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY VS. INNOVATIVE CONTROL SOLUTIONS, INC. AND MID-CONTINENT CASUALTY COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. James)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0761.C.action.pdf">2021-C-00761&nbsp;SYLVIA HAWTHORNE VS. NORFOLK SOUTHERN CORPORATION D/B/A NORFOLK SOUTHERN RAILWAY; SEWERAGE AND WATER BOARD OF NEW ORLEANS; BOH BROS. CONSTRUCTION CO., L.L.C.; OSCAR RENDA CONTRACTING, INC., A SOUTHLAND COMPANY; JOHNSON BROS. CORPORATION, A SOUTHLAND COMPANY; AND SOUTHLAND CONTRACTING, INC.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0762.KK.action.pdf">2021-KK-00762&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RYAN SIMON DUHON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Vermilion)<br />Hughes, J., would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0764.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-00764&nbsp;PHILLIP DERON WASHINGTON VS. MAGNOLIA MANOR NURSING HOME AND REHABILITATION, LLC, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0766.C.action.pdf">2021-C-00766&nbsp;ROBERT E. THOMPSON VS. CENAC TOWING CO., L.L.C.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0768.C.action.pdf">2021-C-00768&nbsp;TAMEKIA CAPERS VS. NORTHPRO PROPERTIES MANAGEMENT LLC</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ouachita)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0772.C.action.pdf">2021-C-00772&nbsp;LOVIE MARSHALL, AS CURATOR OBO EZEKIEL BLAKES, SR., AND EZEKIEL BLAKES, JR., AND TASHALL JONES, INDIVIDUALLY VS. JEAN PAUL PALMER, XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY, JOHN DOE, BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF JEFF LEDUFF, CITY OF BATON ROUGE/PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, RICHARD COLEMAN, INTERSTATE BRANDS CORPORATION, MIASHA PITTS, U.S. AGENCIES CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY AND ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0774.C.action.pdf">2021-C-00774&nbsp;GLENDA EMMONS AYCOCK VS. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF BOSSIER LEVEE DISTRICT AND CITY OF BOSSIER CITY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Bossier)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0775.C.action.pdf">2021-C-00775&nbsp;ELRAY AND BRENDA LEGE VS. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0781.C.action.pdf">2021-C-00781&nbsp;LOVIE MARSHALL, AS CURATOR OBO EZEKIEL BLAKES, SR., AND EZEKIEL BLAKES, JR. AND TASHALL JONES, INDIVIDUALLY VS. JEAN-PAUL PALMER, XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY, JOHN DOE, BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT, BATON ROUGE POLICE DEPARTMENT CHIEF JEFF LEDUFF, CITY OF BATON ROUGE/PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, RICHARD COLEMAN, INTERSTATE BRANDS CORPORATION, MIASHA PITTS, U.S. AGENCIES CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, AND ACE AMERICAN INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0782.C.action.pdf">2021-C-00782&nbsp;GERALD A. NEWBURGER, JR. VS. ORKIN, L.L.C., ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Rapides)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0784.CC.action.pdf">2021-CC-00784&nbsp;GULF ISLAND SHIPYARDS, LLC VS. HORNBECK OFFSHORE SERVICES, LLC</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0785.C.action.pdf">2021-C-00785&nbsp;KAREN MOULTON, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF ALL OTHERS SIMILARLY SITUATED VS. STEWART ENTERPRISES, INC., JOHN B. ELSTROTT, JR., THOMAS M. KITCHEN, ALDEN J. MCDONALD, JR., RONALD H. PATRON, ASHTON J. RYAN, JR., JOHN K. SAER, JR., FRANK B. STEWART, JR., FRANK B. STEWART, JR., AND SERVICE CORP. INTERNATIONAL, RIO ACQUISITION CORP.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0789.KK.action.pdf">2021-KK-00789&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CHAUNCEY CARTER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Genovese, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0792.C.action.pdf">2021-C-00792&nbsp;ELRAY AND BRENDA LEGE VS. UNION CARBIDE CORPORATION</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0803.KO.action.pdf">2021-KO-00803&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BRANDON CORDELL MARTIN A.K.A. "B"</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0818.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-00818&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KEYON PULLINS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0849.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-00849&nbsp;BEN H. SCOTT VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0853.KH.action.pdf">2021-KH-00853&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. MYRON TURNER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0869.CJ.action.pdf">2021-CJ-00869&nbsp;KALI W. HOUSE VS. RICHARD HOUSE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Vernon)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2021/21-0885.K.action.pdf">2021-K-00885&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JOEY ROGERS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Iberia)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Genovese, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div></div>
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