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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 #049</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">21st day of October, 2025</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/2025/25-1323.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-01323&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. LARRY SUDDS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)<br />Hughes, J., would grant the writ.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">23rd day of October, 2025</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Writ application not considered - not timely filed. See per curiam.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1259.CD.PC.pdf">2025-CD-01259&nbsp;ZACHARY CHARLES MCNEIL VS. VICTORIA ANN STERN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Vermilion)</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">25th day of October, 2025</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/2025/25-1322.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-01322&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. MARCUS MCCLAINE, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.<br />Guidry, J., would grant.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">29th day of October, 2025</span> the following action was taken by the Supreme Court of Louisiana in the case(s) listed below:</p><h1>Joint Petition for Conditional Admission Granted. See Per Curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1366.BA.PC.pdf">2025-BA-01366&nbsp;IN RE: COMMITTEE ON BAR ADMISSIONS CFN-942874</a></p><h1>Writ application granted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1086.K.PC.pdf">2024-K-01086&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. PATRICIA JEFFERSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. John the Baptist)<br /><a href="/opinions/2025/24-1086.K.jlw.con.pdf">Weimer, C.J., additionally concurs and assigns reasons.</a><br />Cole, J., additionally concurs for the reasons assigned by Chief Justice Weimer.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">1st day of November, 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/2025/25-1382.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-01382&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. SCOTT ALLEN COOPER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Acadia)<br />Griffin, J., would deny the stay and grant the writ.<br />Guidry, J., would deny the stay and grant the writ.</p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>On the <span class="nrdate">5th day of November, 2025</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/2025/25-1013.B.PC.pdf">2025-B-01013&nbsp;IN RE: DANIEL P. CULLEN</a><br />Griffin, J., dissents and would reject the proposed discipline as too harsh.</p><h1>Denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0948.OB.action.pdf">2025-OB-00948&nbsp;IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 25-PDB-007</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0981.OB.action.pdf">2025-OB-00981&nbsp;IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 25-PDB-010</a></p><h1>Petition for permanent retirement from the practice of law denied. See order.:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1154.OB.PC.pdf">2025-OB-01154&nbsp;IN RE: CONFIDENTIAL PARTY</a></p><h1>Writ application granted. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0589.C.PC.pdf">2025-C-00589&nbsp;JOHN KITE, ET AL. VS. RAPIDES PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, ET AL. CONSOLIDATED WITH LEON BOYD, ET AL. VS. RAPIDES PARISH SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Rapides)<br />Weimer, C.J., dissents and would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0833.C.PC.pdf">2025-C-00833&nbsp;NORTHWESTERN LOUISIANA CANCER CENTER, LLC, ET AL. VS. LOUISIANA TAX COMMISSION, ET AL.</a><br />Cole, J., recused.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0909.CC.PC.pdf">2025-CC-00909&nbsp;KEITH BOSSIER VS. HAZA FOODS OF LOUISIANA, LLC, DIAMOND LAND COMPANY, LLC, THE WENDY'S COMPANY, ABC INSURANCE COMPANY, DEF INSURANCE COMPANY, AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Hughes, J., dissents.<br />Griffin, J., dissents.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1177.KD.PC.pdf">2025-KD-01177&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CLIFFORD MCGRAW</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><h1>Application for rehearing denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0269.CC.action.re.pdf">2025-CC-00269&nbsp;JEFF HUGHES VS. CAPITAL CITY PRESS, L.L.C. D/B/A THE ADVOCATE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Iberville)<br />Hughes, J., recused.<br />Guidry, J., recused.<br />Weimer, C.J., would grant and docket.</p><h1>Application for reconsideration denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0459.OB.action.re.pdf">2025-OB-00459&nbsp;IN RE: APPEAL OF THE DECISION OF THE DISCIPLINARY BOARD NO. 24-PDB-068</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0583.CC.action.re.pdf">2025-CC-00583&nbsp;DEAN E. GILBERT VS. SIDNEY H. CATES, IV, INDIVIDUALLY, AND IN HIS OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS JUDGE OF THE ORLEANS PARISH CIVIL DISTRICT COURT, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</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/2025/25-0662.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00662&nbsp;MICHAEL A. CLARK, JR. VS. STATE OF LOUISIANA</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0702.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00702&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. FRANK MAZEN, JR.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0711.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00711&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RODERICK WELLS</a></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0720.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00720&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. RONALD CAMPBELL</a>&nbsp;(Parish of West Baton Rouge)</p><h1>Writ application denied. See per curiam:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0689.KH.PC.pdf">2025-KH-00689&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KARL MICHAEL HOWARD</a>&nbsp;(Parish of West Baton Rouge)</p><h1>Writ application denied:</h1><p><a href="/opinions/2025/24-0016.KP.action.pdf">2024-KP-00016&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DINO JAY SCHWERTZ</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)<br />Crain, J., recused.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0258.KP.action.pdf">2025-KP-00258&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JARED CROWTHER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0442.KP.action.pdf">2025-KP-00442&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. DERRICK WOODBERRY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0460.KP.action.pdf">2025-KP-00460&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. JONATHAN JUDE GILBERT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Vermilion)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0658.KO.action.pdf">2025-KO-00658&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. WILLIE CHERRY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Washington)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0740.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00740&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KERWINELL MUSE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0781.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00781&nbsp;IN RE SUCCESSION OF LOUIS P. SAIA, SAMUEL VINCENT SAIA VS. ANN MAUCELE SAIA, LEEANN SAIA BRANTON, LISA SAIA, AND LYNDON J. SAIA</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Terrebonne)<br />Weimer, C. J., recused.<br />McCallum, J., would grant.<br />Cole, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0785.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00785&nbsp;JANA GRACE GUERCIO VS. STATE FARM MUTUAL AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Weimer, C.J., would grant.<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0802.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00802&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KENNETH MITCHELL</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Morehouse)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0804.KH.action.pdf">2025-KH-00804&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. EDDIE LAMBERT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0828.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00828&nbsp;TRUFUND FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. VS. CITY OF BATON ROUGE/PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)<br />Hughes, J., would grant in part.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0831.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-00831&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. BRUISA T. PIERCE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)<br />Griffin, J., would grant.<br />Guidry, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0846.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00846&nbsp;SUCCESSION OF GREGORY CHARLES ETHER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Jefferson)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0876.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00876&nbsp;ANGELA R. ROGERS EDGAR L. ROGERS VS. CADDO PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0878.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00878&nbsp;RICHE'S Y-NOT STOP, LLC VS. CITY OF BROUSSARD</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)<br />Hughes, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0890.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00890&nbsp;ERICA KENNEDY PERSONALLY AND ON BEHALF OF MINOR CHILD, KENYALE SIMPSON VS. MOREHOUSE PARISH SCHOOL BOARD, AN INCORPORATED BODY THROUGH DEBBIE WILSON, IN HER OFFICIAL CAPACITY AS PRESIDENT, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Morehouse)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0891.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00891&nbsp;REAL ESTATE PARTNERS OF AMBASSADOR, LLC VS. JONES WALKER, L.L.P. AND SUSAN M. TYLER</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)<br />Hughes, J., recused.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0899.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00899&nbsp;GULF COAST BRAKE &amp; MOTOR, INC. VS. MHWIRTH, INC.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Iberia)<br />Hughes, J., would grant in part.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0903.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00903&nbsp;TAYLOR WEAKS AND CAITLIN WEAKS VS. LOUISIANA INSURANCE GUARANTY ASSOCIATION</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0904.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00904&nbsp;TRUFUND FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC. VS. CITY OF BATON ROUGE/PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0905.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00905&nbsp;HANNAH HERBERT VS. YOUNG AUDIENCES OF LOUISIANA, INC.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)<br />Crain, J., would grant.<br />McCallum, J., would grant.<br />Cole, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0908.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00908&nbsp;BRADLEY SCHNEIDER VS. SAMANTHA GWIN, AMANDA GILL, CITY OF SHREVEPORT, AND XYZ INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Caddo)<br />Crain, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0912.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-00912&nbsp;ALLEN FARQUE, INDIVIDUALLY, ET AL. VS. LOUISIANA MEDICAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY (LAMMICO), ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)<br />Guidry, J., would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0920.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-00920&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. KEVIN J. BEAUREGARDE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Criminal)<br />Weimer, C.J., would grant.<br />Crain, J., would grant.<br />McCallum, J., would grant.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0922.CD.action.pdf">2025-CD-00922&nbsp;CHRISTIAN DREW CHESSON VS. KATTIE CHESSON, BORN CARLIN</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Calcasieu)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0924.KK.action.pdf">2025-KK-00924&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA VS. CORLIOUS C. DYSON</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Lafayette)<br />Hughes, J., would grant and docket.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0937.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00937&nbsp;RITZY TORREZ VS. ST. BERNARD HOSPITAL FOUNDATION, INC., LAMMICO, AND OCHSNER CLINIC FOUNDATION D/B/A OCHSNER HEALTH SYSTEM</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Bernard)<br />Hughes, J., would grant for the reasons assigned by Judge Jenkins.<br />Griffin, J., would grant for the reasons assigned by Judge Jenkins.<br />Guidry, J., would grant for the reasons assigned by Judge Jenkins.</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0951.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00951&nbsp;GOAL PROPERTIES, INC. VS. JANET CRAIG PRESTRIDGE, ET AL.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Rapides)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0979.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00979&nbsp;SUCCESSION OF ALICE GRADNEY BLAZE</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Iberia)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0992.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00992&nbsp;REVEREND GEORGE TURNER VS. JOSEPH (JODY) MOREAU</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Feliciana)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-0995.C.action.pdf">2025-C-00995&nbsp;SAFEWAY INSURANCE COMPANY OF LOUISIANA VS. NATIONAL GENERAL INSURANCE COMPANY</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Ouachita)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1008.C.action.pdf">2025-C-01008&nbsp;LOUIE N. COLE VS. THE ESTATE OF JODY G. LASALLE AND/OR UNOPENED SUCCESSION OF JODY G. LASALLE, THROUGH ITS DULY AUTHORIZED SUCCESSION REPRESENTATIVE; CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY; ARIANA SKY SMITH; AND THE STATE OF LOUISIANA, THROUGH THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND DEVELOPMENT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of St. Tammany)<br /></p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1016.C.action.pdf">2025-C-01016&nbsp;GINA SMITH SHORT VS. JAMES KEITH SHORT</a>&nbsp;(Parish of East Baton Rouge)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1125.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01125&nbsp;RICK SUTTON VS. JACK ADAMS, CHARLES ADAMS AND POLLY POINT IMPORTS CORP. C/W RICK M. SUTTON VS. CHARLES ADAMS, POLLY POINT IMPORTS CORP, DEFENDANTS AND JACK ADAMS</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1222.CJ.action.pdf">2025-CJ-01222&nbsp;STATE OF LOUISIANA IN THE INTEREST OF C.S., Y.M., A.M., E.M., AND K.M.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Terrebonne)</p><p><a href="/opinions/2025/25-1229.CC.action.pdf">2025-CC-01229&nbsp;RICK SUTTON VS. JACK ADAMS, CHARLES ADAMS AND POLLY POINT IMPORTS CORP.</a>&nbsp;(Parish of Orleans Civil)</p><p>&nbsp;</p></div>
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