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<div><table cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:justify;" width="100%"><tbody><tr valign="top"><td valign="top" width="63%">FOR IMMEDIATE NEWS RELEASE</td><td valign="top" width="37%"><div align="right">NEWS RELEASE #050</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">26th day of October, 2024</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Stay denied. Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1312.KK.action.pdf">2024-KK-01312&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CHARLES L. WILLIAMS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">30th day of October, 2024</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1249.CJ.action.pdf">2024-CJ-01249&nbsp;AMBER NUNEZ VS. CHAD BLANCHARD</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Bernard)<br />Weimer, C.J., would grant.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">1st day of November, 2024</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1338.CD.action.pdf">2024-CD-01338&nbsp;GREGORY BOOKER VS. CYNTHIA P. MURPHREY AND THE HANOVER INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Desoto)<br /><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1338.CD.sjc.con.pdf">Crichton, J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons.</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1338.CD.wjc.grant.pdf">Crain, J., would grant and assigns reasons.</a><br />McCallum, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., concurs in the result.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">6th day of November, 2024</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Joint petition for consent discipline accepted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1130.B.PC.pdf">2024-B-01130&nbsp;IN RE: DALE R. BARINGER</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1133.B.PC.pdf">2024-B-01133&nbsp;IN RE: F. VICTOR HASTINGS</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1133.B.sjc.dis.pdf">Crichton, J., dissents and assigns reasons.</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1180.B.PC.pdf">2024-B-01180&nbsp;IN RE: MARC R. MICHAUD</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1180.B.sjc.dis.pdf">Crichton, J., dissents and assigns reasons.</a></p><h1>Petition to sit for the Louisiana the bar exam granted. See order:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1181.BA.PC.pdf">2024-BA-01181&nbsp;IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-657274</a><br />Griffin, J., recused in case number 2024-BA-01181 only.</p><h1>Denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0769.OB.action.pdf">2024-OB-00769&nbsp;IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 24-PDB-013</a></p><h1>Petition to extend conditional admission status granted. See per curiam.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/23-1308.BA.PC.pdf">2023-BA-01308&nbsp;IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-119320</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2024/23-1308.BA.jlw.dis.pdf">Weimer, C.J., dissents and assigns reasons.</a></p><h1>Granted. See order.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0770.OB.PC.pdf">2024-OB-00770&nbsp;IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 24-PDB-014</a></p><h1>Petition to vacate judgment of permanent retirement denied. Request for oral argument denied.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1112.OB.action.pdf">2024-OB-01112&nbsp;IN RE: WILLARD JAMES BROWN, SR.</a></p><h1>Writ application granted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0687.CC.PC.pdf">2024-CC-00687&nbsp;YVONNIE RENEA DAVIDSON VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Martin)<br />Weimer, C.J., would grant and docket.<br />Hughes, J., would deny.<br />Crichton, J., would deny.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0731.KK.PC.pdf">2024-KK-00731&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DAVID MAYFIELD</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Charles)<br />Weimer, C.J., would grant and docket.</p><h1>Writ application not considered. Not timely filed. See Louisiana Supreme Court Rule X, &sect; 5(a):</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0890.C.action.pdf">2024-C-00890&nbsp;SHAQUANA HARVEY, INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HER CAPACITY AS THE NATURAL TUTRIX OF JADEN HARVEY VS. ERIC WAYNE HAMBY, PLAQUEMINES PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE, THROUGH GERALD A. TURLICH, JR., SHERIFF AND AMERICAN ALTERNATIVE INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Plaquemines)</p><h1>Writ application denied. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0558.KH.PC.pdf">2024-KH-00558&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ARTHUR WILLIAMS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. John the Baptist)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0725.KH.PC.pdf">2024-KH-00725&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. GARY JEFFERSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0875.KH.PC.pdf">2024-KH-00875&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JONATHAN DANIEL WAGAR</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Bossier)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0904.KH.PC.pdf">2024-KH-00904&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ISAME HENRY FACIANE A/K/A ISAME FACIANCE</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0906.KH.PC.pdf">2024-KH-00906&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. G'QUAN BAKER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0921.KH.PC.pdf">2024-KH-00921&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JOSEPH MICHAEL ELIE, III</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Rapides)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0963.KH.PC.pdf">2024-KH-00963&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DERRICK TERMAINE SUDDS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Desoto)</p><h1>Writ application granted. Relief denied. Affirmed. See per curiam.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0133.K.PC.pdf">2024-K-00133&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. LARRY WEST</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Iberville)</p><h1>Writ application denied on the showing made.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0780.KK.action.pdf">2024-KK-00780&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. EUTRAER ANDERSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<br />Crichton, J., concurs in the result.<br />Crain, J., concurs in the result.</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2024/23-1585.KP.action.pdf">2023-KP-01585&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. HERMAN CHARLES TUCKER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0282.K.action.pdf">2024-K-00282&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KEVIN JOSEPH AUGUILLARD, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0320.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-00320&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JAMES JEFFERSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0384.K.action.pdf">2024-K-00384&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ERNEST L. GOVERNOR</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Iberville)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0476.K.action.pdf">2024-K-00476&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CRAIG L. CURLEY, SR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0483.K.action.pdf">2024-K-00483&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RON CLEON JOHNSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Natchitoches)<br />Hughes, J., would grant in part.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0508.K.action.pdf">2024-K-00508&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ANTHONY C. ROBINSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0529.C.action.pdf">2024-C-00529&nbsp;AMERIFACTORS FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC VS. DUNHAM PRICE GROUP, LLC</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)<br />Crichton, J., would grant and docket.<br />Crain, J., would grant and docket.<br />McCallum, J., would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0545.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-00545&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RON CLEON JOHNSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Natchitoches)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0549.K.action.pdf">2024-K-00549&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. TASHONTY C. TONEY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)<br />Griffin, J., would grant for the reasons assigned by Chief Judge Love.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0630.K.action.pdf">2024-K-00630&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. TYLER NICHOLAS BENOIT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0714.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-00714&nbsp;TRUFUND FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. VS. CITY OF BATON ROUGE/PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Weimer, C.J., would grant and docket.<br />Crain, J., would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0843.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-00843&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JASON LEON GRIFFIN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0870.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-00870&nbsp;RICHARD C. BREAUX VS. BLOCK LAW FIRM, A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafourche)<br />Weimer, C. J., recused in case number 2024-CC-00870 only.<br />Hughes, J., would grant and docket.<br />Griffin, J., would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0881.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-00881&nbsp;BARBARA CALLENDER VS. AIX SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ROYAL DOMINION, LLC AND CARY BROWN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Charles)<br />Crain, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0884.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-00884&nbsp;RAMELLI JANITORIAL SERVICE, INC. VS. IV WASTE, L.L.C.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />Crain, J., would grant.<br />McCallum, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0891.CJ.action.pdf">2024-CJ-00891&nbsp;CRYSTAL MARIE BENNETT FONTENOT VS. JEREMY KEITH FONTENOT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0892.C.action.pdf">2024-C-00892&nbsp;FELICIA COVINGTON WILLIAMS VS. LAWRENCE WILLIAMS, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Feliciana)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0901.C.action.pdf">2024-C-00901&nbsp;KATHERINE REZNIK BENOIT VS. BENJAMIN PAUL BENOIT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0908.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-00908&nbsp;STORM FITCH AND COURTNEY PHIPPS FITCH, INDIVIDUALLY AND ON BEHALF OF HER MINOR SON, TIDUS LAPEYROUSE VS. WILLIAM C. WALKER, II, S&amp;A LOGISTICS, L.L.C., AND AMERICAN TRANSPORTATION GROUP INSURANCE RISK RETENTION GROUP, INC.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Terrebonne)<br />Crain, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0913.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-00913&nbsp;ANDRES GARCIA-PACHECO VS. JONATHAN MCGOWAN, SOUTH TEXAS CELLULAR SERVICES, INC., SOUTH TEXAS CELLULAR SERVICES, INC. (OF TEXAS), OHIO SECURITY INSURANCE COMPANY, AND VANTAPRO SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0916.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-00916&nbsp;ASHLEY MESSINA VS. TRAMEL TOLLIVER, COLONIAL LOGISTICS, L.L.C., AND PRIME INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Crain, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0919.KK.action.pdf">2024-KK-00919&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ELVAN T. MCDANIEL</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Claiborne)<br />Weimer, C.J., would grant.<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0926.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-00926&nbsp;THE DESCENDANTS PROJECT VS. PORT OF SOUTH LOUISIANA, RYAN BURKS, AND D. PAUL ROBICHAUX</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. John the Baptist)<br />Weimer, C.J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0932.C.action.pdf">2024-C-00932&nbsp;ASHLEY-ROXANNE N'DAKPRI, LYNN SCHOFIELD, AND EVANGELA MICHELLE ROBERTSON VS. LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF COSMETOLOGY; STEVE YOUNG; IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF BOARD, AND FRANCES HAND; WILLIAM MICHAEL GRAYSON; EDWIN H. NEILL, III; JAMES WILLIAMS; MELINDA TILLEY; MELLA BROWN; DEIDRE DELPIT; AND ELIZA JILL HEBERT; IN THEIR OFFICIAL CAPACITIES AS MEMBERS OF THE BOARD</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0940.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-00940&nbsp;FURIE PETROLEUM COMPANY, L.L.C. AND SILVER SPUR ROYALTY COMPANY, L.L.C. VS. SWEPI, LP, ENCANA OIL &amp; GAS (USA), INC., PRIDE OIL AND GAS PROPERTIES, INC., CLOYCE C. CLARK, JR. AND MARTHA CHAMBERLAIN CLARK CONSOLIDATED WITH CLOYCE C. CLARK, JR., ET UX VS. EUGENE COPELAND, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Desoto)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0944.C.action.pdf">2024-C-00944&nbsp;CHARLES SMITH AND JODENISE SMITH VS. STANLEY CEASAR, JR., D/B/A CEASAR'S DUMP TRUCK SERVICE, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)<br /><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0944.C.jlw.dis.pdf">Weimer, C.J., dissents and assigns reasons.</a><br />Crain, J., would grant.<br />McCallum, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-0946.C.action.pdf">2024-C-00946&nbsp;THOMAS JABLONSKI AND MADONNA JABLONSKI VS. CAPITAL POOLS, L.L.C., ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Crain, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1016.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-01016&nbsp;KENDALL KRIELOW VS. JERALD P. BLOCK AND BLOCK LAW FIRM, APLC</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafourche)<br />Weimer, C. J., recused in case number 2024-CC-01016 only.<br />Hughes, J., would grant and docket.<br />Griffin, J., would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1077.CI.action.pdf">2024-CI-01077&nbsp;STEVEN L. COTTON VS. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2024/24-1164.CJ.action.pdf">2024-CJ-01164&nbsp;BRITTANY COSTANZA BETTS VS. BRYAN BRADLEY BETTS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Livingston)</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div></div>
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