<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 #008</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 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> </p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">26th 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 for interim suspension granted. See order:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0231.B.PC.pdf">2025-B-00231 IN RE: Michael B. DePetrillo</a></p><p> </p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">28th 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 for permanent resignation from the practice of law in lieu of discipline granted. See order:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0143.OB.PC.pdf">2025-OB-00143 IN RE: CHRISTOPHER ALEXANDER GROSS</a></p><h1>Remanded to disciplinary board. See order:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1407.B.PC.pdf">2024-B-01407 IN RE: DANIEL B. BARZARE</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1407.B.jlw.dis.pdf">Weimer, C.J., dissents and assigns reasons.</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1407.B.wjc.dis.pdf">Crain, J., dissents and assigns reasons.</a></p><h1>Writ application granted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1351.CC.PC.pdf">2024-CC-01351 JOHN KITE, ADMINISTRATOR OF SUCCESSION OFJOHNNIE KETCHUN KITE AND ON BEHALF OF MINOR CHILDREN, JA'LA WANYA BOYD, JA'MARSHA DEON BOYD, AND TAURIEZ KITE VS. RAPIDES PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND SHERIFF WILLIAM EARL HILTON, CITY OF ALEXANDRIA UTILITY DEPARTMENT AND MAYOR JACQUES ROY C/W LEON BOYD, ON BEHALF OF MINOR CHILDREN JA'LA WANYA BOYD, AND JA'MARSHA DEON BOYD, AND ALINE CRAFT ON BEHALF OF MINOR CHILD TAURIEZ KITE AND RAPIDES PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT AND SHERIFF WILLIAM EARL HILTON, CITY OF ALEXANDRIA UTILITY DEPARTMENT AND MAYOR JACQUES ROY</a> (Parish of Rapides)<br />Hughes, J., dissents.<br />Crain, J., concurs.<br /><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1351.CC.pdg.dis.pdf">Griffin, J., dissents and assigns reasons.</a><br /><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1351.CC.jmg.dis.pdf">Guidry, J., dissents and assigns reasons.</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1378.CC.PC.pdf">2024-CC-01378 GERARD J. BOURGEOIS, DEBORAH BOURGEOIS AND THE MAGNER TRUST VS. CHRISTOPHER W. LOPEZ AND NORTHPOINTE BUSINESS PARK, LLC</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1582.CC.PC.pdf">2024-CC-01582 SUSAN DEVER AND MARK DEVER VS. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL.</a> (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><h1>Application for reconsideration not considered. See Louisiana Supreme Court Rule IX, § 6:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1046.KH.action.re.pdf">2024-KH-01046 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. HUBERT MARTIN, III</a> (Parish of Iberia)</p><h1>Writ application not considered - See Louisiana Supreme Court Rule X § 5(b).:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1096.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01096 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ROY JACKSON</a> (Parish of Avoyelles)</p><h1>Writ application not considered - Petitioner has not demonstrated that he sought review in the court(s) below before filing in this Court nor shown the "extraordinary circumstances" that would justify bypassing that level of review. La.S.Ct.R. X § 5(b).:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1495.CI.action.pdf">2024-CI-01495 DONAVON COMAGER VS. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1497.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01497 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KEITH LEWIS</a> (Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1506.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01506 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DANIEL K. CARTER</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1533.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01533 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. MICHAEL SMITH</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1538.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01538 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RONELL WILLIAMS</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1559.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01559 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DARELL J. GASH</a> (Parish of St. Mary)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1570.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01570 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. XSTAVIOUS DORTY</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1584.CI.action.pdf">2024-CI-01584 DARRON JEROME MCMILLER VS. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1592.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01592 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JIMMIE RAY SHELTON</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1595.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01595 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JAMES C. BARNUM</a> (Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0003.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00003 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. MICHAEL L. MARSHALL</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0009.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00009 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BRENT BERRY</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0014.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00014 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RODERICK BYRD</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0016.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00016 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DERODRICK DONNELL SPURLOCK</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0046.CI.action.pdf">2025-CI-00046 DENNIS DICKERSON VS. LOUISIANA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY AND CORRECTIONS</a></p><h1>Writ application not considered. Not timely filed. See Louisiana Supreme Court Rule X, § 5(a):</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0671.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-00671 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BERNARD GRANT A/K/A LUCIUS B. CUMMINGS</a> (Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1542.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-01542 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. SHYHEEM TYJE LOVE</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1576.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01576 KIM S. TUMMINELLO AND TIM TUMMINELLO, INDIVIDUALLY, AND ON BEHALF OF SAVANNA TUMMINELLO VS. REGEL L. BISSO</a> (Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0018.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00018 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JERRY WARD</a> (Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><h1>Writ application denied. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1173.KP.PC.pdf">2024-KP-01173 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CLIFFORD HOWLE</a> (Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Guidry, J., recused.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1567.KH.PC.pdf">2024-KH-01567 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. LLOYD JOSEPH WEYSHAM</a> (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0383.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-00383 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. TYLER J. JACKSON</a> (Parish of Iberville)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0776.K.action.pdf">2024-K-00776 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. EARNEST CARR, III</a> (Parish of Claiborne)<br />Griffin, J., would grant in part.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0868.OK.action.pdf">2024-OK-00868 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. INDIA ARMANI RATLIFF IN RE: BELINDA PARKER BROWN</a> (Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1401.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01401 SLEEPY HOLLOW 2018, LLC VS. MELVIN YOUNG, DORETHA ARMWOOD, JOHN YOUNG, JR., ETHEL P. JEFFERSON, JOHN YOUNG, JR., GLORIA YOUNG MONTGOMERY, BRIAN YOUNG, LORRAINE YOUNG LAWRENCE, JANICE YOUNG, KENNETH, YOUNG, AND KATHERINE YOUNG SCALES</a> (Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1501.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01501 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. MARICE S. NALLS</a> (Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1540.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01540 SPRINGBOK ROYALTY PARTNERS, LLC VS. SARAH WOOLLEY</a> (Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1548.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01548 SARAH ACKERMAN GILBERTI VS. ERIC P. GILBERTI</a> (Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1549.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01549 JOSEPH CELESTINE VS. LAFAYETTE CITY-PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY</a> (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1551.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01551 ANTHONY JAMES LANDRY, ET AL. VS. GUZZINO COMMERCIAL, L.L.C., ET AL. C/W EULA BARTIE, ET AL. VS. GUZZINO COMMERCIAL, L.L.C., ET AL. VS. WANDA ANDERSON, ET AL. VS. GUZZINO COMMERCIAL, L.L.C., ET AL.</a> (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1557.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01557 LAFAYETTE CITY-PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT VS. JAMES L. CLAUSE AND CONNIE GUILLORY CLAUSE, KAVISH SHAH, MACKLEEN GUIDRY, ALLEN D. LATOUR, AND VELMA LEJEUNE FOUX AND THE ESTATE OF JOHN A. FOUX</a> (Parish of Lafayette)<br /></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1562.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01562 EVANGELINE SHRINE CLUB HOLDING CORPORATION THROUGH ITS PROPER AND DULY AUTH OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS WILLIAM POWELL, THOMAS KUSSMAN AND DAVID HYATT VS. GERARD HEBERT, JOHN DOUCET, RYAN CORMIER AND DANIEL HEBERT C/W HABIBI SHRINERS VS. EVANGELINE MASONIC CLUB HOLDING CORPORATION F/K/A EVANGELINE SHRINE CLUB HOLDING CORPORATION</a> (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1566.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01566 SHAMELL MARY LAVIGNE VS. VERONICA "VICKY" JONES D/B/A VERONICA "VICKY" JONES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LLC AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY</a> (Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1568.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-01568 THOMAS L. GLOVER VS. LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT AND LAFAYETTE MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE SERVICE BOARD</a> (Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1577.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01577 ANGELA GREAUD VS. JAHANYAR KHORSANDI, M.D.</a> (Parish of St. Martin)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Crain, J., would grant.<br />McCallum, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1578.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-01578 STACY MICHAEL MEAUX VS. LARRY MOORE, SR., ET AL.</a> (Parish of Vermilion)<br /><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1578.CC.jdh.grant.pdf">Hughes, J., would grant and assigns reasons.</a><br />Knoll, J., would deny on the showing made.<br />Griffin, J., would deny on the showing made.<br />Guidry, J., would deny on the showing made.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1580.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01580 KRAIG T. STRENGE VS. ABC INSURANCE CO., ET AL.</a> (Parish of Lafayette)<br />Hughes, J., recused.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1581.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01581 LMB SERVICES, LLC VS. PARISH OF ST. CHARLES</a> (Parish of St. Charles)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1586.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01586 PAUL MEDLEY VS. BENNETT TIMBER COMPANY, ET AL.</a> (Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1593.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01593 ROSENBLAT PROPERTIES, LLC VS. SHWETA KOHSMANN</a> (Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0013.K.action.pdf">2025-K-00013 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. TRAVIS ORSO</a> (Parish of Lafourche)<br />Crain, J., concurs in the denial.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0045.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00045 STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. FRANKLIN REDFEARN</a> (Parish of Ouachita)</p><p> </p></div>