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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 #018</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">9th day of April, 2025</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Petition for transfer to disability inactive status granted. See order:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1398.OB.PC.pdf">2024-OB-01398&nbsp;IN RE: JOHN MICHAEL MEZARAUPS</a></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">15th day of April, 2025</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/2025/25-0024.OK.action.pdf">2025-OK-00024&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DALE DWAYNE CRAIG</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Guidry, J., recused.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0078.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00078&nbsp;LANELL E. DAROUSE VS. P.J.'S COFFEE OF NEW ORLEANS, LLC AND NEW ORLEANS ROAST, LLC</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><h1>Suspension imposed. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0201.B.PC.pdf">2025-B-00201&nbsp;IN RE: CLAYTON PAUL SCHNYDER, JR.</a></p><h1>Writ application granted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0065.C.PC.pdf">2025-C-00065&nbsp;DEBRA WINESBERRY VS. ST. BERNARD PARISH GOVERNMENT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Bernard)<br />Hughes, J., dissents and would deny.<br />Griffin, J., dissents and would deny.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0198.C.PC.pdf">2025-C-00198&nbsp;IN RE: ADAM CHRISTOPHER STRAIN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<br />McCallum, J., dissents.</p><h1>Writ application not considered. Not timely filed. See Louisiana Supreme Court Rule X, &sect; 5(a):</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1530.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01530&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CORTEZ PRATT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0160.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00160&nbsp;MURPHY J. PAINTER, SR. VS. DUSTIN CLOUATRE, HUGHES INSURANCE SERVICES, LLC, PELICAN POST NEWS, L.L.C., WADE PETITE, RICKY BABIN, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, CLINT COINTMENT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ascension)<br /></p><h1>Writ application not considered - See per curiam.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0192.OC.PC.pdf">2025-OC-00192&nbsp;GIROD TITLING TRUST VS. PITTMAN ASSETS, L.L.C., SHADRACK ENTERPRISES, L.L.C., MICHAEL N. PITTMAN, AMY SCHOULTZ PITTMAN, MARCUS L. PITTMAN, III, JANET LATTANZI PITTMAN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />McCallum, J., would grant.</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/2025/25-0141.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00141&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JAHVAR TIEON HOOKS</a></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. Brown v. State, 2017-1347 (La. 10/29/18), 255 So.3d 581.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1481.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01481&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. FRANCIS BROWN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Landry)</p><h1>Stay denied. Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0305.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00305&nbsp;DPMLGSPRLA, LLC VS. DOCTOR'S ADVANTAGE, INC.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><h1>Writ application denied. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0885.KP.PC.pdf">2024-KP-00885&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. EVERETTE CAMPBELL</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0128.KH.PC.pdf">2025-KH-00128&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. MARCEL D. THOMPSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)<br />Guidry, J., recused.<br />Griffin, J., would grant in part.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0129.KH.PC.pdf">2025-KH-00129&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. WILLIAM A. MUSE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Union)<br />McCallum, J., recused.</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1056.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01056&nbsp;STATE EX REL., RENE J. DECAY VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1083.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01083&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ANDREW WEARY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Washington)<br />Weimer, C. J., recused.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1192.K.action.pdf">2024-K-01192&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KIMBERLY SHAWNEE JOHNSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)<br />Hughes, J., would grant in part.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1241.KP.action.pdf">2024-KP-01241&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CORDERRIUS DASHON MITCHELL</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.<br />Guidry, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1583.KO.action.pdf">2024-KO-01583&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JOSEPH LEE SMITH</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1594.KH.action.pdf">2024-KH-01594&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. PRESTON GEORGE DEMOUCHETTE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Mary)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0022.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00022&nbsp;MICHAEL DESPAROIS VS. TIMMONS INTERNATIONAL, LLC</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.<br />Guidry, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0026.K.action.pdf">2025-K-00026&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ELI CHARPENTIER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafourche)<br />Griffin, J., would deny on the showing made.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0043.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00043&nbsp;LOUISIANA WETLANDS, LLC AND NEW 90, LLC VS. ENERGEN RESOURCES CORPORATION, CHEVRON USA, INC., SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY, LLC, EP ENERGY E&amp;P COMPANY, LP, AND BRAMMER ENGINEERING, INC.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Mary)<br />Guidry, J., recused.<br />Weimer, C.J., would grant for reasons assigned by Justice Crain.<br /><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0043.C.wjc.grant.pdf">Crain, J., would grant and assigns reasons.</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0063.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00063&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. VERNON GOODLOW</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ascension)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0066.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00066&nbsp;FRED RYAN ELLINGTON VS. DENISE LIVELY ELLINGTON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Franklin)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0092.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00092&nbsp;JEANERETTE LUMBER &amp; SHINGLE CO., L.L.C. VS. FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION CO., L.L.C., ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Martin)<br />Weimer, C.J., would grant.<br />Crain, J., would grant.<br />Guidry, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0110.KO.action.pdf">2025-KO-00110&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ERIC HARRIS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ascension)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0113.K.action.pdf">2025-K-00113&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DEJUAN OTTA KELLY, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Tangipahoa)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0120.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00120&nbsp;IN RE: SUCCESSION OF SHIRLEY GILBERT BURTON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0121.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00121&nbsp;JEANERETTE LUMBER &amp; SHINGLE CO., LLC VS. FLORIDA GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY CO., LLC, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Martin)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.<br />Guidry, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0127.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00127&nbsp;KATIE N. HARLAN VS. TYLER J. HARLAN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Charles)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0130.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00130&nbsp;RICHARD LOBUR, JEANNE HARBISON LOBUR, DENISE A. HARBISON, AND MADISON OLIVIA HARBISON VS. TIMOTHY "TIM" TEMPLE, JR., INDIVIDUALLY AND IN HIS REPRESENTATIVE CAPACITY AS TRUSTEE OF THE CANDACE TEMPLE ADAMS TRUST, THE CANDACE TEMPLE ADAMS TRUST, AND CANDACE TEMPLE ADAMS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Guidry, J., recused.<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Griffin, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0139.K.action.pdf">2025-K-00139&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KRISTIAN GAUDET</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafourche)<br />Guidry, J., recused.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0140.KO.action.pdf">2025-KO-00140&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CHRISTOPHER D. RODGERS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)<br />Hughes, J., would grant in part.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0145.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00145&nbsp;GLENN MCGOVERN VS. RICHARD L. ROOT, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0146.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00146&nbsp;COMMERCIAL RESTORATION COMPANY, LLC VS. NANAKI, LLC</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Allen)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0147.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00147&nbsp;ALFRED RAY HATCH VS. JERRY MICHAEL WATKINS AND THE LAMAR COMPANIES</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0152.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00152&nbsp;LOUISIANA WETLANDS, LLC AND NEW 90, LLC VS. ENERGEN RESOURCES CORPORATION, CHEVRON USA, INC., SOUTHERN NATURAL GAS COMPANY, LLC, EP ENERGY E&amp;P COMPANY, LP, BRAMMER ENGINEERING, INC., AND BP AMERICA PRODUCTION COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Mary)<br />Guidry, J., recused.<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Crain, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0153.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00153&nbsp;MARIA MICKENS GREEN, INDIVIDUALLY AND AS THE NATURAL TUTRIX OF THE MINORS, JOSHUA EVANS, MAKIYA MICKENS, VERNON EVANS, JR., MAKAYLA EVANS and BRAXTON EVANS VS. EAST CARROLL PARISH SCHOOL DISTRICT/BOARD</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Carroll)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0155.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00155&nbsp;DEVIN TUCKER VS. SEASIDE BEHAVIORAL CENTER, LLC C/W DEVIN TUCKER VS. SEASIDE BEHAVIORAL CENTER, LLC AND EAST JEFFERSON GENERAL HOSPITAL</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0166.CJ.action.pdf">2025-CJ-00166&nbsp;JEREMY DON BAKER VS. KRYSTLE JEAN LOWE</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0168.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00168&nbsp;JOHN A. ADEMA, RODI W. ADEMA, PATRICK M. ADEMA, BETH ADEMA CURY, PATRICIA TALLEY FEATHERSTONE, LAUREN TALLEY MILLS AND DENNIS J. TALLEY VS. TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE COMPANY, L.L.C. C/W JOHN A. ADEMA, RODI W. ADEMA, PATRICK M. ADEMA, BETH ADEMA CURY, PATRICIA TALLEY FEATHERSTONE, LAUREN TALLEY MILLS AND DENNIS J. TALLEY VS. TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE CO., L.L.C.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Plaquemines)<br />Crain, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0186.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00186&nbsp;JOHN A. ADEMA, RODI W. ADEMA, PATRICK M. ADEMA, BETH ADEMA CURY, PATRICIA TALLEY FEATHERSTONE, LAUREN TALLEY MILLS AND DENNIS J. TALLEY VS. TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE CO., L.L.C. C/W JOHN A. ADEMA, RODI W. ADEMA, PATRICK M. ADEMA, BETH ADEMA CURY, PATRICIA TALLEY FEATHERSTONE, LAUREN TALLEY MILLS AND DENNIS J. TALLEY VS. TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE CO., L.L.C.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Plaquemines)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0190.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-00190&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. ANTHONY J. BAIN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of West Feliciana)</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div></div>
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