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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 #007</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">20th day of February, 2025</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Application for rehearing denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1500.CC.action.re.pdf">2024-CC-01500&nbsp;BOOKER SCC, LLC; BOSSIER SCC, LLC; BRADFORD SCC, LLC; COLONIAL SCC, LLC; RUSTON SCC, LLC; NORMANDIE SSC, LLC; SHREVEPORT SCC, LLC; AND SPRINGLAKE SCC, LLC VS. DR. COURTNEY N. PHILLIPS, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS THE SECRETARY OF THE LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">21st day of February, 2025</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/2025/25-0230.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00230&nbsp;JOSE VALDIVIA VS. BROCK INDUSTRIAL SERVICES, LLC, BROCK SERVICES, LLC, AND PHILLIPS 66 COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">25th day of February, 2025</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Petition to terminate conditional admission status granted. See order.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/21-1533.BA.PC.pdf">2021-BA-01533&nbsp;IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-817763</a></p><h1>Denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1280.OB.action.pdf">2024-OB-01280&nbsp;IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 24-PDB-047</a><br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><h1>Writ application granted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1327.KK.PC.pdf">2024-KK-01327&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. COREY MORGAN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Bernard)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1526.C.PC.pdf">2024-C-01526&nbsp;RODERICK MITCHELL VS. JOLEE CHAMBERS, STATE FARM AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, HENRY HORTON, and FOREMOST INSURANCE COMPANY GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1527.OC.PC.pdf">2024-OC-01527&nbsp;DYLAN CAIN DUPLANTIS VS. KORTNEY RAE FONTENOT DUPLANTIS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson Davis)</p><h1>Writ application granted in part. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1558.KD.PC.pdf">2024-KD-01558&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JOSH HOLLYWOOD</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Charles)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0048.OC.PC.pdf">2025-OC-00048&nbsp;KASEY LYNN ROBERIE FONTENOT VS. CHARLES NICHOLAS FONTENOT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)<br />Hughes, J., dissents and would deny.</p><h1>Application for reconsideration not considered. See Louisiana Supreme Court Rule IX, &sect; 6:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1242.CC.action.re.pdf">2024-CC-01242&nbsp;NEW HOPE METHODIST CHURCH VS. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, SOUTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION C/W CONCORD METHODIST CHURCH VS. BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LOUISIANA ANNUAL CONFERENCE OF THE UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, SOUTH CENTRAL JURISDICTION</a>&nbsp;(Parish of West Feliciana)</p><h1>Application for reconsideration denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0612.OB.action.re.pdf">2024-OB-00612&nbsp;IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 24-INT-0283</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1333.KH.action.re.pdf">2024-KH-01333&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CHARLES K. WALLACE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><h1>Writ application denied - Applicant has previously exhausted his right to state collateral review. See State v. Collins, 2022-00932 (La. 11/8/22), 349 So.3d 564.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1054.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01054&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CHARLIE COLLINS</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 v. Robertson, 2023-00817 (La. 11/15/23), 373 So.3d 49.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1498.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01498&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DOUGLAS ROBERTSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Hughes, J., recused.</p><h1>Writ application denied - Motion for expeditious consideration denied.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1464.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01464&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. WESLEY SINCLAIR RICKS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Morehouse)</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0142.KP.action.pdf">2024-KP-00142&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JAMES SKINNER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Livingston)<br />Guidry, J., recused.<br />Weimer, C.J., would grant and docket.<br /><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0142.KP.pdg.grant.pdf">Griffin, J., would grant and assigns reasons.</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0608.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-00608&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. NATHANIEL MITCHELL, III</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0636.KP.action.pdf">2024-KP-00636&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JOSEPH D. BLUEFORD</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Morehouse)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0752.KP.action.pdf">2024-KP-00752&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RODNEY J. TOLLIVER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0777.KP.action.pdf">2024-KP-00777&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RODNEY J. TOLLIVER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0873.KP.action.pdf">2024-KP-00873&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RORY DIMES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0878.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-00878&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JAMES MICHAEL BUCKLEY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1033.KP.action.pdf">2024-KP-01033&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RODNEY J. TOLLIVER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1053.KP.action.pdf">2024-KP-01053&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CONCITA DEQUITA DIXON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1057.K.action.pdf">2024-K-01057&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ISSA L. LAMIZANA, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.<br />Guidry, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1143.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01143&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. PRESTON G. DEMOUCHETTE, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Mary)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1198.K.action.pdf">2024-K-01198&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. MICHAEL T. ROBINSON, DENZEL WEST, KIRK POWELL</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)<br />Hughes, J., would grant and docket.<br />Griffin, J., would grant and docket.<br />Guidry, J., would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1326.KK.action.pdf">2024-KK-01326&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DONALD STEELE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1356.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-01356&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KADEEM J. FISHER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Desoto)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1391.K.action.pdf">2024-K-01391&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. TAVEON MALIK LEARY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1396.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01396&nbsp;JRB HOLDINGS, LLC AND/OR JRB HOLDINGS, LLC IN ITS REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY FOR MST, LLC AND/OR JOHN RAY BROUSSARD VS. STEPHEN J. OATS, INDIVIDUALLY AND/OR STEPHEN J. OATS, A PROFESSIONAL LAW CORPORATION, CEARLEY W. FONTENOT AND OATS &amp; MARINO, A PARTNERSHIP OF PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1436.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01436&nbsp;CLARENCE GIBSON VS. 24TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT CRIMINAL COURT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1438.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01438&nbsp;DWAYNE ALEXANDER VS. LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR EXAMINERS, PHYLLIS GLAZER, JAMES P. ENGLADE, LANCE WALLACE, ANNETTE KOVAC, AND MEEKS AND ASSOCIATES, LLC</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />Griffin, J., recused.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1480.OC.action.pdf">2024-OC-01480&nbsp;DWAYNE ALEXANDER VS. THE LOUISIANA STATE BOARD OF PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR EXAMINERS, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />Griffin, J., recused.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1486.KK.action.pdf">2024-KK-01486&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. SONYA WILLIAMS MCKARRY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. John the Baptist)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1493.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01493&nbsp;JOHN L. DAVIS VS. JAMES JUNEAU, AIG PROPERTY CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, INC. AND GEICO GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1494.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01494&nbsp;UNICORP, L.L.C. VS. BRaDD, L.L.C.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1504.K.action.pdf">2024-K-01504&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JOSEPH DEWAYNE BROWN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Rapides)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1510.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-01510&nbsp;SOUTHLAND ENGINE COMPANY, INC., ET AL. VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA, DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1511.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01511&nbsp;SCOTT GURNEY, IN HIS CAPACITY AS THE TRUSTEE OF THE GURNEY FAMILY TRUST VS. JOSH P. MCCOY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1515.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01515&nbsp;TROY PARRIA VS. LOUISIANA CITIZENS PROPERTY INSURANCE CORPORATION</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Terrebonne)<br />Weimer, C. J., recused.<br />Hughes, J., would grant for the reasons assigned by Judge Miller.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1516.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-01516&nbsp;SOUTHLAND ENGINE COMPANY, INC. VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1517.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-01517&nbsp;SOUTHLAND ENGINE COMPANY, INC. VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1518.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01518&nbsp;COLLEEN BOUTTE AND EARL BOUTTE VS. CENTERPOINT ENERGY RESOURCES CORP., ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)<br />Knoll, J., recused.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1520.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01520&nbsp;GLENN E. DIAZ VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE LOUISIANA DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S RETIREMENT SYSTEM</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1523.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01523&nbsp;ENABLE MIDSTREAM PARTNERS, LP VS. LOUISIANA ENERGY GATEWAY, L.L.C.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Desoto)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1525.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-01525&nbsp;THOMAS D'AQUIN VS. THE HOUSING AUTHORITY OF NEW ORLEANS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1528.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-01528&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DAYVON BENTLEY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1532.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-01532&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. PATRICK CALLEGAN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Iberville)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1535.KK.action.pdf">2024-KK-01535&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BUNNAK LANDON, AKA HANNAH LANDON, AKA BUNNAK LIM</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1536.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-01536&nbsp;AMANDA CORBAJAL, INDIVIDUALLY, AND ON BEHALF OF JAMESON MORGAN VS. THE CHRIS OWENS FRENCH QUARTER PARADE, LLC, CHRIS OWENS, INC., CHRISTINA OWENS, NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION CO., INC., ATAIN SPECIALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />Weimer, C.J., would grant and docket.<br />Crain, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1561.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01561&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ALLEN JAMEL ROBINSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ouachita)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0015.KO.action.pdf">2025-KO-00015&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. XAVIER WATSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Landry)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0017.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00017&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. PHILLIP ORLANDO EALY JOHNSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0020.KO.action.pdf">2025-KO-00020&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. TEDDRICK JAWAD JONES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ouachita)</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div></div>
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