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<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">&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 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&nbsp;IN RE: Michael B. DePetrillo</a></p><p>&nbsp;</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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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&nbsp;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>&nbsp;(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&nbsp;GERARD J. BOURGEOIS, DEBORAH BOURGEOIS AND THE MAGNER TRUST VS. CHRISTOPHER W. LOPEZ AND NORTHPOINTE BUSINESS PARK, LLC</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1582.CC.PC.pdf">2024-CC-01582&nbsp;SUSAN DEVER AND MARK DEVER VS. BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY HOMESTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><h1>Application for reconsideration not considered. See Louisiana Supreme Court Rule IX, &sect; 6:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1046.KH.action.re.pdf">2024-KH-01046&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. HUBERT MARTIN, III</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Iberia)</p><h1>Writ application not considered - See Louisiana Supreme Court Rule X &sect; 5(b).:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1096.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01096&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ROY JACKSON</a>&nbsp;(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 &sect; 5(b).:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1495.CI.action.pdf">2024-CI-01495&nbsp;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&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KEITH LEWIS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1506.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01506&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DANIEL K. CARTER</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1533.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01533&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. MICHAEL SMITH</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1538.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01538&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RONELL WILLIAMS</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1559.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01559&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DARELL J. GASH</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Mary)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1570.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01570&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. XSTAVIOUS DORTY</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1584.CI.action.pdf">2024-CI-01584&nbsp;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&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JIMMIE RAY SHELTON</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1595.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01595&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JAMES C. BARNUM</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0003.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00003&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. MICHAEL L. MARSHALL</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0009.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00009&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BRENT BERRY</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0014.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00014&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RODERICK BYRD</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0016.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00016&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DERODRICK DONNELL SPURLOCK</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0046.CI.action.pdf">2025-CI-00046&nbsp;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, &sect; 5(a):</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0671.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-00671&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BERNARD GRANT A/K/A LUCIUS B. CUMMINGS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1542.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-01542&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. SHYHEEM TYJE LOVE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1576.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01576&nbsp;KIM S. TUMMINELLO AND TIM TUMMINELLO, INDIVIDUALLY, AND ON BEHALF OF SAVANNA TUMMINELLO VS. REGEL L. BISSO</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0018.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00018&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JERRY WARD</a>&nbsp;(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&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CLIFFORD HOWLE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Guidry, J., recused.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1567.KH.PC.pdf">2024-KH-01567&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. LLOYD JOSEPH WEYSHAM</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0383.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-00383&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. TYLER J. JACKSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Iberville)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0776.K.action.pdf">2024-K-00776&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. EARNEST CARR, III</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Claiborne)<br />Griffin, J., would grant in part.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0868.OK.action.pdf">2024-OK-00868&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. INDIA ARMANI RATLIFF IN RE: BELINDA PARKER BROWN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1401.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01401&nbsp;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>&nbsp;(Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1501.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01501&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. MARICE S. NALLS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1540.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01540&nbsp;SPRINGBOK ROYALTY PARTNERS, LLC VS. SARAH WOOLLEY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1548.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01548&nbsp;SARAH ACKERMAN GILBERTI VS. ERIC P. GILBERTI</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1549.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01549&nbsp;JOSEPH CELESTINE VS. LAFAYETTE CITY-PARISH CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT AND ABC INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1551.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01551&nbsp;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>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1557.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01557&nbsp;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>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)<br /></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1562.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01562&nbsp;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>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1566.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01566&nbsp;SHAMELL MARY LAVIGNE VS. VERONICA "VICKY" JONES D/B/A VERONICA "VICKY" JONES, ATTORNEY AT LAW, LLC AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1568.CC.action.pdf">2024-CC-01568&nbsp;THOMAS L. GLOVER VS. LAFAYETTE CONSOLIDATED GOVERNMENT AND LAFAYETTE MUNICIPAL FIRE AND POLICE SERVICE BOARD</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1577.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01577&nbsp;ANGELA GREAUD VS. JAHANYAR KHORSANDI, M.D.</a>&nbsp;(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&nbsp;STACY MICHAEL MEAUX VS. LARRY MOORE, SR., ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(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&nbsp;KRAIG T. STRENGE VS. ABC INSURANCE CO., ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)<br />Hughes, J., recused.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1581.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01581&nbsp;LMB SERVICES, LLC VS. PARISH OF ST. CHARLES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Charles)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1586.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01586&nbsp;PAUL MEDLEY VS. BENNETT TIMBER COMPANY, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1593.C.action.pdf">2024-C-01593&nbsp;ROSENBLAT PROPERTIES, LLC VS. SHWETA KOHSMANN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0013.K.action.pdf">2025-K-00013&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. TRAVIS ORSO</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafourche)<br />Crain, J., concurs in the denial.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0045.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00045&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. FRANKLIN REDFEARN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ouachita)</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div>
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